Eve (name)

Eve (name)
Eve is an English given name for a female, derived from the Latin name Eva, in turn originating with the Hebrew (Chavah/Havah – chavah, to breathe, and chayah, to live, or to give life). The traditional meaning of Eve is life or "living". It can also mean full of life and mother of life.
History
The name has much religious significance in the Abrahamic religions. Eve, 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.
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. 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, 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.
People called Eve
Given name
Eve (entertainer) (born 1978), American hip-hop artist and actor
Eve Ai (born 1987), Taiwanese singer-songwriter
Eve Arden (1908–1990), American actress
Eve Beglarian (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 (born 1953), American playwright
Eve Gardiner (1913–1992), English beautician and remedial make-up artist
Eve Jobs (born 1998), American fashion model; daughter of Steve Jobs and Laurene Powell Jobs
Eve Muirhead (born 1990), Scottish curler
Eve Myles (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 (born 1945), British journalist
Eve Plumb (born 1958), American actor and painter
Eve Queler (born 1931), American conductor
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950–2009), American queer theorist
Eve Torres (born 1984), professional wrestler
Chava (Hebrew form)
Chava Alberstein, Israeli singer
Chava Lifshitz (1936–2005), Austrian-Israeli chemist
Chava Rosenfarb, Yiddish writer
Chava Shapiro, Volhynian Jewish writer
Surname
Alice Eve (born 1982), British actress
Angus Eve (born 1973), Trinidadian football (soccer) player
Arthur Eve (born 1933), American politician
Arthur Stewart Eve (1862–1948), English physicist
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 (born 1951), British actor
Transliterations of Eve
Arabic: حواء (Hawa)
Albanian: Eva / Hava
Armenian: Eva
Azerbaijani: Həvva
Breton: Eva
Catalan: Eva
Chinese: 夏娃
Czech: Eva
Dutch: Eva
Estonian: Eve, Eeva, Evi
Ge'ez: Hiwan
Finnish: Eeva, Eevi
German: Eva
Greek: Εύα (Eva)
French: Ève
Japanese: イブ (Ibu)/ エバ (Eba)
Hebrew: חוה Chava/ Hava / Hawa (ancient pronunciation)
Hungarian: Éva
Icelandic: Eva
Irish: Éabha, Aoibhe
Italian: Eva
Latin: Eva (or, Heva)
Lithuanian and Latvian: Ieva, Īva, Eva, Evita
Old English: Éfe
Pashto: حوا
Polish: Ewa
Persian: حوا
Portuguese: Eva
Romanian: Eva
Russian: Eвa (Yeva)/ Эва (Ehva)
Serbian: Eva/Eвa
Slovenian: Eva
Spanish: Eva
Swahili: Eva, Hawa
Tagalog: Eba
Telugu: హవ్వ (Havva)
Turkish: Havva
Ukrainian: Єва
Welsh: Efa
Korean: 이브
Yoruba: Efa
Urdu: حوا
Sindhi: حوا
See also
Eve (disambiguation)
Hawa (given name)
References
Behind The Name
Etymology Online
English feminine given names
English-language feminine given names
Hebrew feminine given names
Modern names of Hebrew origin
Jewish feminine given names
Feminine given names