Eve is an

English given name English names are personal names used in, or originating in, England. In England, as elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a complete name usually consists of one or more given names, commonly referred to as first names, and a (most commonly ...

for a

female An organism's sex is female ( symbol: ♀) if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and ...

, derived from the

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

name Eva, in turn originating with the

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

(Chavah/Havah – ''chavah'', ''to breathe'', and ''chayah'', ''to live'', or ''to give life''). In Greece the name Eve is Evi (Εύη), a diminutive of the baptismal name Paraskevi.

History

The name has much religious significance in the

Abrahamic religions The term Abrahamic religions is used to group together monotheistic religions revering the Biblical figure Abraham, namely Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The religions share doctrinal, historical, and geographic overlap that contrasts them wit ...

Eve Eve is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story, "Creation myths are symbolic stories describing how the universe and its inhabitants came to be. Creation myths develop through oral traditions and there ...

, according to Abrahamic tradition, is widely beloved as the mother of all of mankind. She was the first woman that God created, and she was both the wife and companion of

Adam Adam is the name given in Genesis 1–5 to the first human. Adam is the first human-being aware of God, and features as such in various belief systems (including Judaism, Christianity, Gnosticism and Islam). According to Christianity, Adam ...

. Eve is described as being named ''Havah'' in the Torah. The Catholic Church by ancient tradition recognizes both Adam and Eve (in Latin: ''Adam et Eva'') as saints. And the traditional liturgical feast of Saints Adam and Eve was celebrated on December 24 since the Middle Ages. Eve is first found as a name being used in England in the 12th century. However, the name did not gain much popularity until the

Protestant Reformation The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation, was a time of major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and ...

. As discussed in Kathleen M. Crowther's
Adam and Eve in the Protestant Reformation
': "The story of Adam and Eve, ubiquitous in the art and literature of the period, played a central role in the religious controversies of sixteenth-century Europe... The story of Adam and Eve was of fundamental importance to sixteenth-century Protestant reformers who sought to ground Christian belief and salvation in the free grace of God..." In pre-Reformation England the usage of the name Eve was most commonly associated with Jews, who used the form of ''Chavah/Havah''. The name in the form of ''Haya'' (also spelled ''Haiya'', ''Chaya'', or less commonly, ''Kaya'') and ''Haim'' are also derived from the root of ''Chavah/Havah''; all variations being commonly found throughout the world, especially the Middle East, to this day. Famous examples of individuals with such names are Princess Haya of Jordan,

Haim Saban Haim Saban (; ; born October 15, 1944) is an Israeli and American media proprietor, investor, musical composer and producer of records, film, and television. A businessman with interests in financial services, entertainment, and media, and an ...

, and Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre. The name '' Evelyn'' itself is derived from ''Eve'', and was one of the most popular names for girls between 1910 and 1930.

Transliterations of Eve

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

: حواء ( Hawa / Hava ) *

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

: Eva / Hava *

Amharic Amharic is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara people, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other metropolitan populati ...

: ሔዋን (Ḥēwani)/ ሄዋን (Hēwani) *

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

: Eva * Azerbaijani: Həvva *

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

: Eba/Bezpera *

Belarusian Belarusian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Belarus * Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent * A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus * Belarusian language * Belarusian culture * Belarusian cuisine * Byelor ...

: Ева (Jeva) * Bosnian: Eva *

Breton Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally **Breton people **Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Gale ...

: Eva * Bulgarian: Ева (Eva) * Burmese: ဧဝသည် (Ewasai) * Catalan: Eva * Chinese: 夏娃 (Xiàwá) * Croatian: Eva *

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...

: Eva *

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

: Eva *

Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also

...

: Eve, Eeva, Evi * Filipino: Eba * Finnish: Eeva, Eevi * French: Ève * Ge'ez: Hiwan *

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

: Eva *

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

: (Evi) * Georgian: ევა (Eva) *

: חוה (Chava) (Hava) / (Hawa (ancient pronunciation) *

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

: ईवा (Eeva) * Hungarian: Éva * Indonesian: Hawa, Eva, Evi, Evelyn, Evans, Evie, Evelina, Eveline, Evita * Icelandic: Eva * Irish: Éabha, Aoibhe *

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

: Eva *

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

: イブ (Ibu)/ エバ (Eba) * Javanese: Hawa * Kazakh: Хауа (Xawa) * Kyrgyz: Обо (Obo)/Ева (Eva) *

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, people from the Korean peninsula or of Korean descent * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Korean **Korean dialects **See also: North–South differences in t ...

: 이브 (Ibeu) *

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish language ** Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) **Central Kurdish (Sorani) **Southern Kurdish ** Laki Kurdish *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern ...

: حەوا (Ḧewa: Sorani / Hawa: Kurmanji) * Lao: ເອວາ (E va) *

: Eva (or, Heva) * Lithuanian and Latvian: Ieva, Īva, Eva, Evita *

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Macedonia * Mac ...

: Ева (Eva)/Ива (Iva) * Malay: Hawa *

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

: ഹവ്വാ (Havvaa) *

Mongolian Mongolian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Mongolia, a country in Asia * Mongolian people, or Mongols * Bogd Khanate of Mongolia, the government of Mongolia, 1911–1919 and 1921–1924 * Mongolian language * Mongolian alphabet * ...

: Ева (Yeva) *

Old English Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...

: Éfe * Oromo: Hewaan * Portuguese: Eva *

Pashto Pashto ( , ; , ) is an eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyb ...

: حوا (Hava / Hawa) *

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

: Ewa *

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

: حوا (Havva / Hawa) *

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

: Eva *

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

: Eвa (Yeva)/ Эва (Ehva) *

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...

: Eubha *

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular **Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans ** Serbian language ** Serbian culture **Demographics of Serbia, includes other ethnic groups within the co ...

: Eva/Eвa * Sindhi: حوا/हवअ (Hoa) * Slovenian: Eva * Slovak: Eva *

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

: Eva *

Swahili Swahili may refer to: * Swahili language, a Bantu language officially used in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes. * Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa. * Swahili culture, the culture of the Swahili p ...

: Eva, Hawa * Tagalog: Eba * Tajik: Ҳавво (Havvo)/Хавво (Xavvo) *

Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka ** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...

: ஏவாள் (Ēvāḷ) *

Tatar Tatar may refer to: Peoples * Tatars, an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar" * Volga Tatars, a people from the Volga-Ural region of western Russia * Crimean Tatars, a people from the Crimea peninsula by the B ...

: Хаува (Xawva) *

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India ** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language. * Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...

: హవ్వ (Havva) * Thai: อีวา (Xīwā)/อีฟ (Xīf) * Tigrinya: ሄዋን (Hewanə) * Turkish: Havva * Turkmen: How *

Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

: حوا (Hawa) * Uzbek: Havva *

Uyghur Uyghur may refer to: * Uyghurs, a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia (West China) ** Uyghur language, a Turkic language spoken primarily by the Uyghurs *** Old Uyghur language, a different Turkic language spoken in the Uyghur K ...

: ھاۋا (Hawa/Һава) * Ukrainian: Єва (Yeva) *

Vietnamese Vietnamese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia * Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam ** Overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese people living outside Vietna ...

: Ê Va * Welsh: Efa * Yoruba: Efa

People called Eve

Given name

Eve (entertainer) Eve Jihan Cooper (' Jeffers; born November 10, 1978) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actress. Her debut studio album, '' Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady'' (1999) peaked atop the ''Billboard'' 200 (making her the third ...

(born 1978), American hip-hop artist and actor *

Eve Ai Eve Ai Yi-liang ( zh, t=艾怡良, p=Ài Yíliáng; born 24 March 1987) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter. She was crowned the winner of Super Idol (Taiwan TV series), Super Idol 5 in 2010. In 2017, she won Best Mandarin Female Singer at the 28t ...

(born 1987), Taiwanese singer-songwriter *

Eve Arden Eve Arden (born Eunice Mary Quedens, April 30, 1908 – November 12, 1990) was an American film, radio, stage and television actress. She performed in leading and supporting roles for nearly six decades. Beginning her film career in 1929 an ...

(1908–1990), American actress *

Eve Beglarian Eve Beglarian (born Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S., July 22, 1958) is a contemporary American composer, performer and audio producer of Armenian descent. Her music is often characterized as postminimalist.Woodard, Josef"A Bird’s Eye, a Wonderer’s E ...

(born 1958), Armenian-American composer * Eve Brodlique (1867-1949), British-born Canadian/American author, journalist * Eve Carson (1985-2008), American university student and murder victim: Murder of Eve Carson *

Eve Ensler V, formerly Eve Ensler (; born May 25, 1953), is an American playwright, author, performer, feminist, and activist. V is best known for her play ''The Vagina Monologues''.

(born 1953), American playwright * Eve Gardiner (1913–1992), English beautician and remedial make-up artist *

Eve Jobs Eve Jobs (born July 9, 1998) is an American fashion model. She is the daughter of the late Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs and businesswoman Laurene Powell Jobs. Early life Named after Eve from the book of Genesis, Jobs is the youngest daugh ...

(born 1998), American fashion model; daughter of

Steve Jobs Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology company Apple Inc. Jobs was also the founder of NeXT and chairman and majority shareholder o ...

and

Laurene Powell Jobs Laurene Powell Jobs ( Powell; born November 6, 1963)United States birth records is an American billionaire businesswoman executive and philanthropist. She is the widow of Steve Jobs, who was the co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc., and she m ...

* Eve McMahon (born 2004), Irish Olympic sailor *

Eve Muirhead Eve Muirhead (born 22 April 1990) is a Scottish former curler from Perth and the skip of the British Olympic Curling team. Muirhead and the GB team became Olympic champions at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the bron ...

(born 1990), Scottish curler *

Eve Myles Eve Myles (born 26 July 1978) is a British actress from Ystradgynlais, Wales. Her television roles include Ceri Lewis in the long-running BBC Wales drama series '' Belonging'' (2000–2009), Gwen Cooper in the BBC science-fiction series '' To ...

(born 1978), Welsh actress * Eve Oja (1948–2019), Estonian mathematician * Eve Pancharoen (born 1981), Thai singer-songwriter * Ève Paul-Margueritte (1885-1971), French novelist, translator *

Eve Pollard Evelyn, Lady Lloyd, ( Pollard, formerly Winkleman, born 25 December 1943) is an English author and journalist, and has been the editor of several tabloid newspapers. Early life and education Pollard was born in Paddington, London.BBC ''Dese ...

(born 1945), British journalist *

Eve Plumb Eve Aline Plumb (born April 29, 1958) is an American actress, singer and painter. She is best known for portraying the middle daughter Jan Brady on the ABC sitcom ''The Brady Bunch''. A native of Southern California, Plumb began appearing in c ...

(born 1958), American actor and painter *

Eve Queler Eve Queler (born January 11, 1931) is an American conductor and the '' emerita'' Artistic Director of the Opera Orchestra of New York (OONY). She founded the OONY in 1971, after having worked on the staff of the Metropolitan Opera and the New Yo ...

(born 1931), American conductor *

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (; May 2, 1950 – April 12, 2009) was an American feminist academic scholar in the fields of gender studies, queer theory, and critical theory. Sedgwick published several books considered groundbreaking in the field of quee ...

(1950–2009), American queer theorist *

Eve Torres Eve Torres Gracie (born Eve Marie Torres on August 21, 1984) is an American actress, dancer, model, martial arts instructor and retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her tenure in WWE, where she was a record tying three-time WWE D ...

(born 1984), professional wrestler

Chava (Hebrew form)

Chava Alberstein Chava Alberstein ( , born 8 December 1946 in Poland) is an Israeli musician, lyricist, composer, and musical arranger. She moved to Israel in 1950 and started her music career in 1964. Alberstein has released over sixty albums in Hebrew, Englis ...

, Israeli singer * Chava Lifshitz (1936–2005), Austrian-Israeli chemist * Chava Rosenfarb, Yiddish writer * Chava Shapiro, Volhynian Jewish writer

Surname

Alice Eve Alice Sophia Eve (born 6 February 1982) is a British and American actress. The daughter of actors Trevor Eve and Sharon Maughan, she began her career with supporting roles in the films '' Hawking'' and '' Stage Beauty'' (both 2004). Her other ...

(born 1982), British actress *

Angus Eve Angus Eve (born 23 February 1972) is a Trinidadian former professional footballer who was most recently the head coach of the Trinidad and Tobago national team. With 117 caps he is his country's most capped player of all time. Playing career E ...

(born 1973), Trinidadian football (soccer) player *

Arthur Eve Arthur Owen Eve (born March 23, 1933) is a retired American politician who served as a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly (1967–2002) and Deputy Speaker of the Assembly (1979–2002) representing districts in Buffalo, New Yor ...

(born 1933), American politician * Arthur Stewart Eve (1862–1948), English physicist * Dick Eve (1901–1970), Australian diver who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics * Harry Trelawney Eve (1856–1940), English barrister, judge and politician * Laverne Eve (born 1965), Bahamian javelin thrower * Leecia Eve (born 1964), American attorney and politician * Lisvel Elisa Eve (born 1991), Dominican Republic volleyball player * Maria Louise Eve (1848-?), American poet * Nomi Eve (born 1968), American author *

Trevor Eve Trevor John Eve (born 1 July 1951) is an English actor. In 1979, he gained fame as the eponymous lead in the detective series '' Shoestring'' (1979-1980) and is also known for his role as Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd in the long-running B ...

(born 1951), British actor

References

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