Eve (name)
| Eve | |
|---|---|
|
Albrecht Dürer painting of the Biblical Eve. In Genesis, Eve (or Eva) was the first woman created. | |
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | "Living" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Eva, Evita, Evie |
 |
Look up Eve in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Eve /iːv/ is an English given name for a female, derived from Eva, in turn originating with Hebrew חַוָּה (Chavah/Havah - chavah, to breathe, and chayah, to live, or to give life). The traditional meaning of Eve is 'living'.
The name has religious significance in the Judeo/Christian/Muslim tradition, after the use of Eve / living as the female companion of the Biblical Adam / man. Its use as a first name in England began in the 12th Century.
Alternative forms:
- Eva, popular in many European countries.
- Eve as an anglicized form of Gaelic Aoife "radiant, beautiful" in Scotland and Ireland.
- Evita
- Ieva, a Latvian and Lithuanian form.
- Evie, usually a familiar form, now also a given name.
People called Eve
Given name
- Chava Alberstein (born 1947), Israeli singer, lyricist, composer and musical arranger
- Chava Mond (born 1984), Israeli model
- Eve (entertainer) (born 1978), American hip-hop artist and actor
- Eve Angel (born 1983), Hungarian pop star
- Eve Arden (1908-1990), American actor
- Eve Babitz (born 1943), American author and artist
- Eve Beglarian (born 1958), Armenian-American composer
- Eve Muirhead (born 1990), Scottish curler
- Eve Myles (born 1978), Welsh actor
- Eve Pollard (born 1945), British journalist
- Eve Plumb (born 1958), American actor and painter
- Eve Queler (born 1931), American conductor
- Ève Salvail (born 1971), Canadian model
- Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950–2009), American queer theorist
- Eve Torres (born 1984), professional wrestler
- Havva Mammadova (born 1958), Azerbaijani politician
Surname
- Alice Eve (born 1982), English actor
- Angus Eve (born 1973), Trinidadian football (soccer) player
- Arthur Eve (born 1933), American politician
- 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
- Nomi Eve (born 1968), American author
- Trevor Eve (born 1951), British actor
Translations of Eve
- Arabic: حواء
- Albanian: Evis
- Armenian: Eva
- Ge'ez: Hewan
- Finnish: Eevi, Eeva
- Greek: Εύα (Eva)
- French: Ève
- Hebrew: חוה Chava/ Hava / Hawa (ancient pronunciation)
- Hungarian: Éva
- Irish: Éabha, Aoibhe
- Italian: Eva
- Latin: Eva (or, Heva)
- Lithuanian and Latvian: Ieva
- Old English: Éfe
- Polish: Ewa
- Persian: حوا
- Russian: Eвa (Yeva)/ Эва (Ehva)
- Spanish: Eva, Evita (diminutive)
- Swahili: Eva, Hawa
- Turkish: Havva
- Welsh: Efa
- German: Eva