Eva is a female

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...

, the

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counterpart of English Eve, derived from a

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name meaning "life" or "living one". It can also mean full of life or mother of life. It is the standard biblical form of Eve in many European languages. Evita is a

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form of the Spanish name "Eva", most often referring to María Eva Duarte de Perón.

Popularity

Popularity in the United States peaked in 1989, when the name hit No. 31. Afterwards, use in the United States fell into the top 300s, eventually rising in frequency again in the 2000s. , it sat at No. 124. In England and Wales, Eva was reasonably popular around 1900, but it has been little used since, Eve and Evie being the more popular forms today. The name is traditionally more popular in Ireland and Scotland, as an

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of the

Gaelic Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, an ...

Aoife Aoife ( , ) is an Irish feminine given name. The name is probably derived from the Irish Gaelic ''aoibh'', which means "beauty" or "radiance". It has been compared to the Gaulish name ''Esvios'' (Latinized ''Esuvius'', feminine ''Esuvia''), whic ...

'', meaning "shining" or "radiant". The name is popular in continental Europe (particularly in Northern Europe after the

Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...

). The Hebrew equivalent of Eva is חוה (''Ḥawwah,'' often anglicized as ''Chava''), meaning "life".

People

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Eva Aariak Eva Qamaniq Aariak ( iu, ᐄᕙ ᐋᕆᐊᒃ, ; born January 10, 1955) is a Canadian Inuk politician, who was elected in the 2008 territorial election to represent the electoral district of Iqaluit East in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ...

(born 1955), Canadian politician * Eva Adamová (born 1960), Czech volleyball player * Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (1912–1954), German astronomer *

Eva Ahuja Eva Shirali (born 16 July 1980) is an Indian Hindi actress from Mumbai, best known for her roles in Gujarati and Hindi soap operas. Lastly, she played the role of Garima in the show ''Divya Drishti'' and Gayatri Sabherwal in ''Shaurya Aur A ...

(born 1980), Indian actress * Eva Allen Alberti (1856-1938), American dramatics teacher * Eva Alordiah (born 1988), Nigerian rapper, entertainer, make-up artist, & fashion designer * Eva Amaral (born 1973), Spanish singer * Eva Amurri (born 1985), American actress * Eva Andén (1886–1970), Swedish lawyer * Eva Angelina (born 1985), American adult film actress * Eva Arvidsson (born 1948), Swedish politician * Eva Asderaki (born 1982), Greek tennis chair umpire * Eva Avila (born 1987), 2006 Canadian Idol winner * Eva von Bahr (physicist) (1874–1962), Swedish scientist * Eva von Bahr (born 1968), Swedish make-up artist and hair stylist * Eva Beem (1932–1944), Dutch Jewish child; gassed to death in

Auschwitz concentration camp Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. I ...

Eva Bella Eva Bella (born June 3, 2002) is an American child actress, known as the voice of young Elsa in the Disney movie '' Frozen''. Early life Eva Bella was born in Omaha, Nebraska. She has been acting since the age of seven, her first role was for a ...

(born 2002), American voice actress *

Eva Blanco Eva or EVA may refer to: * Eva (name), a feminine given name Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Eva (Dynamite Entertainment), a comic book character by Dynamite Entertainment * Eva (''Devil May Cry''), Dante's mother in ...

(1981-1997), Spanish murder victim *

Eva Bowring Eva Bowring (née Kelly; January 9, 1892January 8, 1985) was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska. Bowring was born in Nevada, Missouri. In 1928, she married Arthur Bowring. They made their home at the Bowring Ranch near Merriman in Cherry County, Neb ...

(1892–1985), U.S. politician and United States Senator *

Eva Boto Eva Boto (born December 1, 1995) is a Slovenian singer. She represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian S ...

(born 1995), Slovenian singer * Eva Narcissus Boyd (1943–2003), American singer * Eva Braun (1912–1945), lover, and later wife, of Adolf Hitler *

Eva Maria Brown Eva Maria Brown (December 27, 1856 - February 12, 1917) was an American social reformer in the temperance movement. She was the only woman in New England in her day who was registered as legislative agent and counsel, entitling her to conduct heari ...

(1856-1917), American social reformer * Eva Burrows (1929–2015), 13th General of The Salvation Army *

Eva Cadena Eva Cadena Sandoval is a Mexican politician that belonged to the MORENA party. She gained national infamy when hidden videos were released of her taking money that she alleged was for party funding. She subsequently became known on social media a ...

, Mexican politician from Veracruz * Eva Carneiro, Gibraltar-born British sports medicine specialist and former first-team doctor at Chelsea F.C. * Eva Cassidy (1963–1996), American singer * Eva Celbová (born 1975), Czech beach volleyball player * Eva Christodoulou (born 1983), Greek gymnast * Eva Clare (1885–1961), Canadian musician and educator *

Eva Clarke Eva Olga Clarke (née Nathanová; born 29 April 1945) is a British-Czech Holocaust survivor and former college administrator known for her birth at Mauthausen concentration camp. She is a speaker for the Holocaust Educational Trust. Clarke co ...

(born 1945), British-Czech Holocaust survivor *

Eva Clayton Eva McPherson Clayton (born September 16, 1934) is an American politician from North Carolina. On taking her seat in the United States House of Representatives following a special election in 1992, Clayton became the first African American to rep ...

(born 1934), U.S. politician and United States Congresswoman *

Eva Crocker Eva Crocker is a Canadian writer based in St. John's, whose debut short story collection ''Barrelling Forward'' was published in 2017. The daughter of writer Lisa Moore and Memorial University of Newfoundland academic Stephen Crocker, she was ...

, Canadian writer * Eva Cruz (born 1974), Puerto Rican volleyball player * Eva Czemerys (1940–1996), German-born film actress *

Eva Dahlgren Eva Charlotte Dahlgren (; born 9 June 1960) is a Swedish pop musician and singer-songwriter. Career Dahlgren was discovered by musician/producer Bruno Glenmark in 1978 after appearing on the TV show ''Sveriges magasin'' and her debut album ''F ...

(born 1960), Swedish pop musician *

Eva Dickson Eva Dickson (born Eva Lindström; 8 March 1905 – March 1938) was a Swedish explorer, rally driver, aviator and travel writer. She was the first woman to have crossed the Sahara desert by car. She was perhaps the first female rally driver in Swe ...

(1905–1938), Swedish explorer * Eva Dimas (born 1973), Salvadoran weightlifter * Eva Craig Graves Doughty (1852–?), American journalist *

Eva Duldig Eva Ruth de Jong-Duldig (nee Duldig; born 11 February 1938) is an Austrian-born Australian and Dutch former tennis player, and current author. From the ages of two to four, she was detained by Australia in an isolated internment camp, as an enemy ...

(born 1938), Austrian-born Australian and Dutch tennis player, author * Eva Ekeblad (1724–1786), Swedish botanist *

Eva Fabian Eva Fabian ( he, אווה פביאן; born August 3, 1993) is an American-Israeli open water swimmer. She was the 2010 world champion in the 5-kilometer swim, and won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in the women's 10k. Early life ...

(born 1993), American-Israeli world champion swimmer

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* Eva Gabor (1919–1995), Hungarian-born American actress * Eva Gore-Booth (1870–1926), Irish poet and dramatist, and a committed suffragist, social worker and labour activist *

Eva Gothlin Eva Gothlin (26 January 1957 – 22 December 2006) was a Swedish historian of ideas. Biography Eva Lundgren was born on 26 January 1957 in Norrköping.Sveriges dödbok, omnämnd som: 19570126-1942 Gothlin Lundgren Gothlin defended her thesis on ...

(1957–2006), Swedish historian * Eva Gray (born 1971), British actress * Eva Gray (born 2000), English cricketer *

Eva Gredal Eva Wilhelmson Gredal (19 February 1927 – 2 August 1995) was a Danish politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament for Denmark from 1979 to 1989. On a national level, she served as Minister of Social Affairs from 1971 to 1973 a ...

(1927–1995), Danish politician * Eva Green (born 1980), French actress * Eva Kinney Griffith (1852–1918), American journalist, activist, novelist, editor, publisher *

Eva-Lena Gustavsson Eva-Lena Gustavsson (born 1956) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she represented Värmland County Värmland County (''Värmlands län'') is a county or ...

(born 1956), Swedish politician * Eva Herman (born 1958), German television presenter and author * Eva Herzigová (born 1973), Czech supermodel * Eva Hesse (1936–1970), German-born American artist * Eva Jinek (born 1978), American-born Dutch journalist and television presenter * Eva Kaili (born 1978), Greek politician *

Eva-Lotta Kiibus Eva-Lotta Kiibus (born 17 January 2003) is an Estonian figure skater. She is the 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy champion, a two-time Estonian national champion (2020–21), and a three-time Tallink Hotels Cup champion (2018–2019, 2021). Kiibus has rep ...

(born 2003), Estonian figure skater *

Eva Köhler Eva Luise Köhler (; born 2 January 1947, in Ludwigsburg as Eva Luise Bohnet) is the wife of the former German President Horst Köhler and as such, was sometimes referred to by the media as the "First Lady" during her husband's presidency. Edu ...

(born 1947), wife of the German President Horst Köhler *

Eva Kotamanidou Eva Kotamanidou (Greek language, Greek: Εύα Κοταμανίδου) was a Greece, Greek actor, actress. Born on March 16, 1936, in Nea Filadelfeia, Athens, she became most known for ''O Thiassos'' (1975), ''Topio stin omichli'' (1988) and ''Al ...

(born 1936), Greek actress *

Eva LaRue Eva Maria LaRue (; born December 27, 1966) is an American actress and model. She is known for her roles as Maria Santos on ''All My Children'' and Det. Natalia Boa Vista on '' CSI: Miami''. Early life LaRue was born in Long Beach, Californi ...

(born 1966), American actress * Eva Longoria (born 1975), American actress

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Eva Anne Madden Eva Anne Madden (October 26, 1863 – January 22, 1958) was an American educator, journalist, playwright, and author. She was one of the first women newspaper journalists of New York City. Biography Eva Anne Madden was born in Trimble County, Ken ...

(1863–1958), American educator, journalist, playwright, author * Eva Magni (1909–2005), Italian stage and film actress * Eva Maler (born 1988), German playwright * Eva Mendes (born 1974), American actress * Eva Merthen (1723–1811), known as "The Duchess of Finland" * Eva Miranda, Spanish mathematician *

Eva Moll Eva Moll (born June 15, 1975, in Karlsruhe) is a German contemporary artist. Moll works in the media fine art printmaking, drawing and painting and its expansion in the areas of performance art and conceptual art. Beside works on canvas and paper; H ...

(born 1975), German contemporary artist *

Eva Moltesen Eva Elisabeth Moltesen née Hällström (1871–1934) was a Finnish-Danish writer and peace activist. In 1896, she moved to Denmark to continue her education, married a Dane and settled there. She published her literary works in both Finnish and D ...

(1871–1934), Finnish-Danish writer and peace activist * Eva Moore (1870–1955), English actress *

Eva Morris , the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 154 British citizens who have become "supercentenarians", attaining or surpassing 110 years of age. This number including 23 emigrants who died in other nations. The o ...

(1885–2000), native of England, known for a time as the oldest recognized person in the world *

Eva Moskowitz Eva Sarah Moskowitz (born March 4, 1964) is an American politician and education reform leader, who is the founder and CEO of the Success Academy Charter Schools. A member of the Democratic Party, Moskowitz served on the New York City Council, ...

(born 1964), U.S. educator and former politician * Eva, birth name of

Hatice Muazzez Hatice Muazzez Sultan ( ota, خدیجہ معزز سلطان; "''respecful lady''" and "''precious''", died 12 September 1687) was the third Haseki Sultan of Sultan Ibrahim and the mother of Sultan Ahmed II. Life Muazzez entered in Ibrahim's h ...

, mother of the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed II * Eva Neander (1921–1950), Swedish journalist *

Eva Nedinkovska Eva Nedinkovska ( mk, Ева Нединковска) (born August 26, 1983) is a Macedonian singer. Biography Nedinkovska was born in Ohrid. Her career started in 2003 with the song "''Dali Denot Ke E Raj''". She has performed on many music co ...

(born 1983), ethnic Macedonian singer * Eva Noblezada (born 1996), American theatre actress and singer * Eva Pagels (born 1954), German field hockey player * Eva Palmer-Sikelianos (1874-1952), American choreographer and art historian * Eva Pawlik (1927–1983), Austrian figure skater * Eva Perón (1919–1952), Argentinian First Lady, political leader, actor, and philanthropist; wife of Juan Perón * Eva Haljecka Petković (1870–1947), Serbian doctor *

Eva Philbin Eva Philbin (4 January 1914 – 24 June 2005) was an Irish chemist who became the first woman president of the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland. Born Eva Maria Ryder in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland, Philbin received her B.Sc with first class h ...

(1914–2005), Irish chemist * Eva Pigford (born 1984), American model *

Eva Polna Eva Leonidovna Polna (russian: link=no, Ева Леонидовна Польна; born 19 May 1975 in Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg) is a Russian singer, composer and songwriter. Polna was a member of the former Russian musical duo '' Gosti iz ...

(born 1975), Russian singer, composer, and songwriter *

Eva Polttila Eva Polttila (born April 1, 1946) is a retired Finnish television news anchor. She worked in YLE from 1969 to 2009. In television news she started in 1981 and at the time she was the first woman to read news regularly in Finland. Polttila is one ...

(born 1946), retired Finnish TV news anchor * Eva Pölzing, a German singer * Eva Pope (born 1967), English actress * Eva Püssa (born 1971), Estonian actress

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Eva Reign Eva Reign (born June 20, 1996) is an American actress, journalist, and writer. She is best known for lead role in the 2022 Amazon Prime Video American coming-of-age romantic comedy film '' Anything's Possible''. Reign has written for ''Vogue'', '' ...

, American actress and journalist * Eva Marie Saint (born 1924), American actress * Éva Sas (born 1970), French politician *

Eva Silverstein Eva Silverstein (born October 24, 1970) is an American theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and string theorist. She is a professor of physics at Stanford University and director of the Modern Inflationary Cosmology collaboration within the Simons ...

(born 1970), American physicist and string theorist *

Eva Simons Eva Maria Simons (born 27 April 1984) is a Dutch singer-songwriter from Amsterdam. She is best known for her song " Policeman" and collaborations with artists such as Afrojack; in 2012, Simons broke through internationally after being featured o ...

(born 1984), Dutch singer *

Eva Munson Smith Eva Munson Smith (,Munson; also known after marriage as, Mrs. George Clinton Smith; July 12, 1843 – November 5, 1915) was an American composer, poet, and author. She was the author of ''Woman in Sacred Song'' (1885), a representative work of wh ...

(1843–1915), American composer, poet, author *

Eva Tanguay Eva Tanguay (August 1, 1878 – January 11, 1947) was a Canadian singer and entertainer who billed herself as "the girl who made vaudeville famous". She was known as "The Queen of Vaudeville" during the height of her popularity from the early 1 ...

(1878–1947), Canadian-born vaudeville entertainer *

Eva Griffith Thompson Eva Griffith Thompson (, Griffith; pen name, Eva G.; June 30, 1842 – February 6, 1925) was an American newspaper editor who conducted the ''Indiana Times'', the ''Indiana Messenger'', and the ''News'', of Indiana, Pennsylvania. First married an ...

(1842–1925), American newspaper editor *

Eva Winther Eva Winther (née Fornander; 3 August 1921 – 26 May 2014) was a Swedish Liberal People's party politician who served as the minister for migration and gender equality in the period 1978–1979. Early life and education She was born in Stockh ...

(1921–2014), Swedish politician

Fictional characters

* Eva, Marco's mother from the '' Animorphs'' book series * Eva, a character in the 2008 3D computer-animated film ''

Igor Igor may refer to: People * Igor (given name), an East Slavic given name and a list of people with the name * Mighty Igor (1931–2002), former American professional wrestler * Igor Volkoff, a professional wrestler from NWA All-Star Wrestling * ...

'' * EVE, a character in the 2008

Pixar Pixar Animation Studios (commonly known as Pixar () and stylized as P I X A R) is an American computer animation studio known for its critically and commercially successful computer animated feature films. It is based in Emeryville, Californ ...

film '' WALL-E'' whose name is mispronounced "Eva" by the film's title character * Eva, the Goddess of Water in the mythology of the MMORPG '' Lineage II'' * EVA, character in the ''Metal Gear'' video game series * Eva, a female

keel-billed toucan The keel-billed toucan (''Ramphastos sulfuratus''), also known as sulfur-breasted toucan or rainbow-billed toucan, is a colorful Latin American member of the toucan family. It is the national bird of Belize. The species is found in tropical jung ...

who is Rafael's wife in ''

Rio Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river". When spoken on its own, the word often means Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil. Rio or Río may also refer to: Geography Brazil * Rio de Janeiro * Rio do Sul, a ...

'' and ''

Rio 2 ''Rio 2'' is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated musical comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Carlos Saldanha. It is the sequel to the 2011 computer-animated film '' Rio'' and the second installment of the ''Rio'' franchise ...

'' * Eva, a character in the Canadian animated television series ''

Total Drama ''Total Drama'' (often shortened as ''TD'') is a Canadian animated television series created by Jennifer Pertsch and Tom McGillis that premiered on Teletoon in Canada on July 8, 2007, and on Cartoon Network in the U.S. on June 5, 2008. The s ...

'' * Eva, one of the main characters in the anime series '' Tweeny Witches'' * Eva, protagonist character in ''What's Left of Me'' by

Kat Zhang Kat Zhang (born 1 April 1991) is an American award-winning author of young adult and middle grade literature. She has also written two picture books, ''Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao'' and ''Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon''. Her first trilogy, '' ...

. * Eva Falco, a character in the British soap opera '' Hollyoaks'' *

Eva Kant Eva Kant is an Italian comics character who originated in the series ''Diabolik'', issue #3 (3 March 1963). The character is extremely popular in Italy, where she reached the status of fashion icon. Fictional character biography Eva is the girlf ...

, character from ''Diabolik'' comics and ''Danger: Diabolik'' film * ''

Eva Luna ''Eva Luna'' is a novel written by Chilean novelist Isabel Allende in 1987 and translated from Spanish to English by Margaret Sayers Peden. Eva Luna takes us into the life of the eponymous protagonist, an orphan who grows up in an unidentified ...

'', main character of Isabel Allende's picaresque novel * Eva Kviig Mohn, a main character in the Norwegian television series '' Skam'' * Evangeline St. Clare, called Eva, a major character in the novel '' Uncle Tom's Cabin'' * Eva Price, a character in the British soap opera ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Orig ...

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Eva Strong Eva Strong is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Sheree Murphy. She made her first on-screen appearance on 23 April 2010. Character creation and casting In February 2010, former ''Emmerdale'' act ...

, a character in the British soap opera '' Hollyoaks'' * Eva Ushiromiya, a character in the visual novel, manga and anime series '' Umineko When They Cry'' *

Eva Wei Eva or EVA may refer to: * Eva (name), a feminine given name Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Eva (Dynamite Entertainment), a comic book character by Dynamite Entertainment * Eva (''Devil May Cry''), Dante's mother in ...

, the main character of the Jetix animated television series ''Oban Star Racers'' * Eva Zimmer, a character in the webseries ''

The Zimmer Twins ''The Zimmer Twins'' was a Canadian animated series and website. The project was created by producer Jason Krogh and artist Aaron Leighton and is produced through Lost the Plot Productions Inc. A selection of the user-generated episodes is prod ...

'' * Eva Nilsson, character on the series '' Star Trek: Discovery'' * Eva, mother of twins

Dante Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: ' ...

and

Vergil Publius Vergilius Maro (; traditional dates 15 October 7021 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: t ...

in the

Devil May Cry is a series of action-adventure games created by Hideki Kamiya. It is primarily developed and published by Capcom. The series centers on the demon hunter Dante (Devil May Cry), Dante and his efforts to thwart various demon invasions of Earth. ...

series. Also the wife of Sparda.

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