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 Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...

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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 Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

. The name ''

Evelyn Evelyn may refer to: Places * Evelyn, London *Evelyn Gardens, a garden square in London * Evelyn, Ontario, Canada * Evelyn, Michigan, United States * Evelyn, Texas, United States * Evelyn, Wirt County, West Virginia, United States * 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 Eve Ai Yi-liang (; born 24 March 1987) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter. She was crowned the winner of Super Idol 5 in 2010. In 2017, she won Best Mandarin Female Singer at the 28th Golden Melody Awards. Discography Studio albums *'' If You ...

(born 1987), Taiwanese singer-songwriter * Eve Arden (1908–1990), American actress *

Eve Beglarian Eve Beglarian (born Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S., July 22, 1958) is a contemporary American composer, performer and audio producer of Armenian descent. Her music is often characterized as postminimalist.Woodard, Josef"A Bird’s Eye, a Wonderer’s E ...

(born 1958), Armenian-American composer *

Eve Brodlique Eve Brodlique Summers (, Brodlique; pen names, Willice Wharton, Peg Woffington, Evelyn; 1867 – 10 October 1949) was a British-born Canadian/American author and journalist. One of the best-known newspaper women on the Continent, she filled every ...

(1867-1949), British-born Canadian/American author, journalist * Eve Carson (1985-2008), American university student and murder victim:

Murder of Eve Carson On the morning of March 5, 2008, Eve Marie Carson was shot and killed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States where she was a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Demario James Atwater and Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr., ...

Eve Ensler V, formerly Eve Ensler (; born May 25, 1953), is an American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist. V is best known for her play ''The Vagina Monologues''.

(born 1953), American playwright * Eve Jobs (born 1998), American fashion model; daughter of

Steve Jobs Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur, industrial designer, media proprietor, and investor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple; the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar; a ...

and Laurene Powell Jobs * Eve Muirhead (born 1990), Scottish curler * Eve Myles (born 1978), Welsh actress *

Eve Oja Eve Oja (10 October 1948 – 27 January 2019) was an Estonian mathematician specializing in functional analysis. She was a professor at the University of Tartu. Early life and education Oja was born in Tallinn and studied at the Tartu State Uni ...

(1948–2019), Estonian mathematician * Eve Pancharoen (born 1981), Thai singer-songwriter *

Ève Paul-Margueritte Ève Paul-Margueritte (5 February 1885 – 16 July 1971) was a French-language writer, the author of many sentimental novels. After she was widowed and her sister, Lucie Paul-Margueritte, was divorced, they lived and worked together, co-authoring ...

(1885-1971), French novelist, translator * Eve Pollard (born 1945), British journalist *

Eve Plumb Eve Aline Plumb (born April 29, 1958) is an American actress, singer and painter. She is best known for portraying the middle daughter Jan Brady on the ABC sitcom ''The Brady Bunch''. A native of Southern California, Plumb began appearing in com ...

(born 1958), American actor and painter * Eve Queler (born 1931), American conductor *

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (; May 2, 1950 – April 12, 2009) was an American academic scholar in the fields of gender studies, queer theory ( queer studies), and critical theory. Sedgwick published several books considered groundbreaking in the fiel ...

(1950–2009), American queer theorist *

Eve Torres Eve Torres Gracie (born Eve Marie Torres on August 21, 1984) is an American actress, dancer, model, martial arts instructor, and former professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with WWE, where she was the first ever three-time WWE ...

(born 1984), professional wrestler * Whitney Port (born 1985 as Whitney Eve Port), American television personality and fashion designer

Chava (Hebrew form)

Chava Alberstein Chava Alberstein ( he, חוה אלברשטיין, born 8 December 1946 in Poland) is an Israeli musician, lyricist, composer, and musical arranger. Biography Born Ewa Alberstein in Szczecin, Poland, her name was Hebraized to Chava when she m ...

, Israeli singer *

Chava Lifshitz Chava Lifshitz (March 26, 1936 – March 1, 2005), née Eva Wolf, was an Austrian-Israeli chemist who was best known for her contributions to mass spectrometry and the gas-phase chemistry of ions. She was awarded the Israel Chemical Society Prize ...

(1936–2005), Austrian-Israeli chemist *

Chava Rosenfarb Chava Rosenfarb (9 February 1923 – 30 January 2011) ( yi, חוה ראָזענפֿאַרב) was a Holocaust survivor and Jewish-Canadian author of Yiddish poetry and novels, a major contributor to post-World War II Yiddish Literature. Early li ...

, Yiddish writer * Chava Shapiro, Volhynian Jewish writer

Surname

* Alice Eve (born 1982), English-American actress * Angus Eve (born 1973), Trinidadian football (soccer) player *

Arthur Eve Arthur O. Eve (born March 23, 1933) is a retired American politician who served as a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly (1967–2002) and Deputy Speaker of the Assembly (1979–2002) representing districts in Buffalo, New York ...

(born 1933), American politician * Arthur Stewart Eve (1862–1948), English physicist *

Harry Trelawney Eve Sir Harry Trelawney Eve (13 October 1856 – 10 December 1940) was an English barrister, judge and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. Family and education Harry Trelawney Eve was born in London. He was the only son of Thomas Eve, a J ...

(1856–1940), English barrister, judge and politician * Laverne Eve (born 1965), Bahamian javelin thrower *

Leecia Eve Leecia Roberta Eve is an attorney from New York (state), New York with experience in federal government, state government, and the private sector who currently works as a lobbyist for telecommunications giant Verizon. Born in Buffalo, Eve was a c ...

(born 1964), American attorney and politician *

Lisvel Elisa Eve Lisvel Elisa Eve-Castillo ('' née'' Eve Mejía, born September 10, 1991 in Puerto Plata) is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who played for the Women's National Team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She also played the ...

(born 1991), Dominican Republic volleyball player *

Maria Louise Eve Maria Louise Eve (February 11, 1842 – April 5, 1900) as a 19th-century American author of poetry and prose. In 1866, she secured a prize of for a prose essay, and in 1879, a prize of the same amount for the best poem, expressing the gratitude ...

(1848-?), American poet *

Nomi Eve Nomi Eve (born March 13, 1968) is an American fiction writer. In 2001, her first novel, ''The Family Orchard'' was published by Alfred A. Knopf. A year later the paperback was published by Vintage. The first run was 100,000 copies. In August 201 ...

(born 1968), American author * Trevor Eve (born 1951), British actor

Transliterations of Eve

* Arabic: حواء ( Hawa) *

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

: Eva / Hava * Armenian: Eva *

Breton Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally ** Breton people ** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Ga ...

: Eva *

Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...

: Eva *

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

: 夏娃 * Czech: Eva *

Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also

...

: Eve, Eeva, Evi * Ge'ez: Hiwan * Finnish: Eeva, Eevi *

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

: Eva * Greek: Εύα (Eva) *

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

: 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 Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

and Latvian: Ieva, Īva, Eva, Evita *

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

: Éfe * Pashto: حوا *

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

: Ewa * Persian: حوا * Portuguese: Eva *

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

: Eva * Russian: Eвa (Yeva)/ Эва (Ehva) *

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

: Eva/Eвa *Slovenian: Eva * Spanish: Eva *

Swahili Swahili may refer to: * Swahili language, a Bantu language official in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes * Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa * Swahili culture Swahili culture is the culture of ...

: Eva, Hawa * Tagalog: Eba *

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

: హవ్వ (Havva) *

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

: Havva *

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

: Єва *

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

: Efa * Korean: 이브 *

Yoruba The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute ...

: Efa * Urdu: حوا * Sindhi: حوا

References

Behind The Name

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