Eva

Where Eva comes from

The (Vulgate) Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā). A Latinate variant of the English Eve.
— Wiktionary's entry for Eva
  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #41 among girls — 614 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1889
    Peak, #31
    1,372 babies named Eva — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1912
    Eva Braun born
    photographer, longtime companion and later wife of Adolf Hitler
  4. 1919
    Eva Perón born
    Argentine actress and politician
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Eva Perón · Argentine actress and politician, 1919–1952
  • Eva Braun · photographer, longtime companion and later wife of Adolf Hitler, 1912–1945
  • Eva Green · French actress, born 1980
  • Eva Longoria · American actress and producer, born 1975
  • Eva Marie Saint · American actress, born 1924

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.