# Eva
## English
### Etymology

The (Vulgate) Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā). A Latinate variant of the English Eve.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiːvə/
* Rhymes: -iːvə

### Proper noun

Eva
* A female given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew.
** 1951, Agatha Christie, Mrs. McGinty's Dead, Bantam Books, published 1988, →ISBN, page 150:"Eve," said Poirot thoughtfully. "The fashions in names change, do they not? Hardly ever, nowadays, do you hear of an Eva. But Eve, it is popular."
** 2013, Maggie O'Farrell, Instructions for a Heatwave, Tinder Press, →ISBN, page 79:Mrs Saunders referred to Aoife throughout this talk as 'Eva' and when Gretta corrected her, Mrs Saunders replied that didn't Gretta think it would be better 'for everyone' to use what she termed 'the proper spelling' of the name? If only to give Eva a better chance of learning to write it?

#### Usage notes

* Eva has been used to anglicize Aoife in Ireland and Scotland.

#### Related terms

* Ava, Eve, Evie, Evita, Evy

### Anagrams

* ave., ave, AEV, Vea, Ave., EAV, VAE, 'ave, vae, Ave

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch Eva.

### Proper noun

Eva
* Eve (biblical character)
* a female given name, equivalent to English Eve

## Albanian
### Proper noun

Eva f
* a female given name

## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeba/ [ˈe.β̞a]

### Proper noun

Eva f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Eve

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Spanish Eva, from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwah).

### Proper noun

Eva
* a female given name from Hebrew

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Eva.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɛva]
* Hyphenation: Eva

### Proper noun

Eva f
* (biblical) Eve
* a female given name

#### Declension
## Danish
### Proper noun

Eva
* (biblical) Eve
* a female given name

### References

* Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 24 847 females with the given name Eva have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch eva, from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔᾱ (Eúā), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeː.vaː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Eva

### Proper noun

Eva f
* (biblical) Eve (mythological first woman)
* a female given name

#### Derived terms

* eva
* evakostuum

## Esperanto
### Proper noun

Eva (accusative Evan)
* (biblical) Eve

## Estonian
### Proper noun

Eva
* a female given name, equivalent to English Eve

#### Related terms

* Ave, Eeva, Eevi, Eve, Evelin, Ivi, Ivika

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeːva/
* Rhymes: -eːva

### Proper noun

Eva f
* a female given name

#### Usage notes

Matronymics
* son of Eva: Evuson
* daughter of Eva: Evudóttir

#### Declension
## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeːfa/, (archaic, now usually foreign-influenced) /ˈeːva/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Eva f (proper noun, genitive Evas or (with an article) Eva, diminutive Evchen n or Evachen n or Evlein n or Evalein n)
* (biblical) Eve
* a female given name

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛːva/
* Rhymes: -ɛːva
* Homophone: efa

### Proper noun

Eva f (proper noun, genitive singular Evu)
* Eve (biblical character).
* a female given name

#### Derived terms

* Adam og Eva

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛ.va/
* Rhymes: -ɛva
* Hyphenation: È‧va

### Proper noun

Eva f
* (biblical) Eve
* a female given name

### Anagrams

* ave

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* Heva
* Hava

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὔᾱ (Eúā), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā́). Cognate to have, avē.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈeu̯.u̯a/, [ˈɛu̯ːä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈe.va/, [ˈɛːvä]
Note: while the vowel is short, the first syllable is heavy due to the glide [w] being always geminate in Ancient Greek. Compare evangelium and peior.

### Proper noun

Eva f sg (genitive Evae); first declension
* Eve

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

### Further reading

* “Eva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Eva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Latvian
### Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1609. From Latin Eva.

### Proper noun

Eva f
* a female given name

#### Related terms

* Ieva
* Evija, Evita

### References

* Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
* Population Register of Latvia: Eva was the only given name of 2252 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

## Norwegian
### Proper noun

Eva
* (biblical) Eve
* a female given name

#### Usage notes

* Taken up as a given name in Norway after the Reformation.

#### Related terms

* Evelyn, Evy

### References

* Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
* Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 20 018 females with the given name Eva living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Eva, from Latin Eva, from Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛ.vɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛ.vɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛ.va/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɛ.vɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɛ.vɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈɛ.bɐ/ [ˈɛ.βɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɛvɐ
* Hyphenation: E‧va

### Proper noun

Eva f
* (biblical) Eve (the first woman)
* a female given name, equivalent to English Eve

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛva/

### Proper noun

Eva f (genitive singular Evy, nominative plural Evy, declension pattern of žena)
* a female given name
* (biblical) Eve

#### Derived terms

* Evka, Evička
* Evina
* Evuľa, Evuľka
* Evuša, Evuška
* Evča

### Further reading

* “Eva”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin Ēva, from Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeba/ [ˈe.β̞a]
* Rhymes: -eba
* Syllabification: E‧va

### Proper noun

Eva f
* (biblical) Eve
** 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 3:20:
    Y llamó el hombre el nombre de su mujer, Eva; por cuanto ella era madre de todos los vivientes.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* a female given name from Latin [in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Eve

#### Derived terms

* Adán y Eva
* Ciudad Eva Perón
* Evelia (elaborated variant)
* Evita (diminutive)

## Swahili
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “borrowed from which language?”) Doublet of Hawa.

### Proper noun

Eva
* (biblical) Eve
    Synonym: Hawa

## Swedish
### Etymology

Latin Eva, from Hebrew. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1472.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²eːva/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Eva c (genitive Evas)
* (biblical) Eve
** 1917 Bibeln, 1 Moseboken 3:20:
    Och mannen gav sin hustru namnet Eva, ty hon blev en moder åt allt levande(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* a female given name
** 2004, Majgull Axelsson, Den jag aldrig var, Prisma, →ISBN, page 258:Eva Andersson. Namnet stämde, det var lika anonymt som den färglösa kvinnan på andra sidan skrivbordet, hon som bläddrade i min journal med trubbiga fingrar och sedan såg på mig med rynkad panna.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Usage notes

* The most common first name of women born in Sweden in the 1940s and the 1950s.

#### Related terms

* Evelina
* Evy

### References

* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
* Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 191 834 females with the given name Eva living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, from Hebrew.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔeva/ [ˈʔɛː.vɐ]
** IPA: (more native-sounding) /ˈʔeba/ [ˈʔɛː.bɐ]
* Rhymes: -eva, (more native-sounding) -eba
* Syllabification: E‧va

### Proper noun

Eva (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊ)
* Alternative spelling of Eba
* a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Eve