Eeva is a feminine given name primarily found in
Finland
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and
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
.
It is a cognate of the
English given name
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 ...
and 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 ...
given name
Eva. People bearing the name Eeva include:
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Eeva Haimi (born 1945), Finnish sprinter
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Eeva Joenpelto
Eeva Elisabeth Joenpelto (17 June 1921, Sammatti, Finland – 28 January 2004, Lohja, Finland), married name after 1945 Hellemann, was an award-winning Finnish novelist. Her writing is especially remembered for the Lohja tetralogy which depicted ...
(1921–2004), Finnish novelist
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Eeva Kilpi (born 1928), Finnish writer and feminist
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Eeva Kuuskoski (born 1946), Finnish politician
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Eeva Park (born 1950), Estonian writer
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Eeva Ruoppa
Eeva Ruoppa (2 May 1932 Miehikkälä – 27 April 2013 Miehikkälä) was a cross-country skier from Finland who competed during the early 1960s. She won a bronze medal in the 3 × 5 km relay at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Val ...
(1932–2013), Finnish cross-country skier
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Eeva Saarinen (born 1984), Finnish breaststroke swimmer
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Eeva Talsi (born 1988), Estonian violinist and singer
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Eeva Tikka (born 1939), Finnish writer
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Eeva Turunen (1933–2015), Finnish politician
See also
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Eeva-Kaarina Aronen (1948-2015), Finnish author and journalist
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Eeva-Kaarina Volanen (1921–1999), Finnish actress
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Eeva-Liisa Manner
Eeva-Liisa Manner (5 December 1921 – 7 July 1995) was a Finnish poet, playwright and translator.
Biography
She was born in Helsinki, 5 December 1921, but spent her youth in Vyborg (Viipuri).
Manner started as a poet in 1944 with ''Mustaa ja pu ...
(1921–1995), Finnish poet, playwright and translator
References
{{Given name
Estonian feminine given names
Feminine given names
Finnish feminine given names