Ieva is a

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

n, and dialectal Finnish given name, counterpart of English

Eve Eve is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story, "Creation myths are symbolic stories describing how the universe and its inhabitants came to be. Creation myths develop through oral traditions and there ...

, derived from a

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

name meaning "life" or "living one". It can also mean full of life or mother of life. It is the standard biblical form of Eve in many European languages.

People

* Ieva Adomavičiūtė (born 1994), Lithuanian rower *

Ieva Andrejevaitė Ieva Andrejevaitė (born 21 November 1988) is a Lithuanian actress. She has acted in films and TV series in Great Britain, Lithuania, Russia, United States, and Ukraine. Filmography *2012 – ', role: Marija; Lithuanian TV series *2014 – , r ...

(born 1988), Lithuanian actress * Ieva Budraitė (born 1992), Lithuanian politician, green leader *

Ieva Gaile Ieva Gaile (born 26 January 1997) and her twin sister Kristine Gaile are Latvian figure skaters. She was born in Jelgava, Latvia, where she started her skating career at the age of 4. After two years she changed her coaches and started training ...

(born 1997), Latvian figure skater * Ieva Ilvesa (born 1977), Latvian politician and cybersecurity expert; former First Lady of Estonia * Ieva Kokoreviča (born 1985), Latvian former beauty pageant contestant * Ieva Krusta (born 1976), Latvian curler *

Ieva Kubliņa Ieva Kubliņa (born 8 July 1982) is a Latvian women's basketball player. She last played in Euroleague Women for Turkish powerhouse Fenerbahçe Istanbul. She competed with Latvia women's national basketball team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, w ...

(born 1982), Latvian basketball player *

Ieva Lagūna Ieva Lagūna (born 6 June 1990) is a Latvian model. Lagūna participated in 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Biography Lagūna was born in Saldus, Latvia, and began her modeling career in 2007 when she was scouted during the MTV/B-day fes ...

(born 1990), Latvian model *

Ieva Narkutė Ieva Narkutė–Šeduikienė (born 1987 in Kaunas), also known as Jieva, is a Lithuanian singer-songwriter. She grew up in Šiauliai and her parents are musicians. She studied psychology and her song "Raudoni vakarai" was an important hit. In 20 ...

(born 1987), Lithuanian singer-songwriter *

Ieva Pulvere Ieva Pulvere (née Krastiņa; born 22 July 1990) is a Latvian basketball player for TTT Riga and Latvia women's national basketball team. Club career Galatasaray On 12 August 2022, she signed with Galatasaray of the Turkish Women's Basketball S ...

(born 1990), Latvian basketball player *

Ieva Sargautytė Ieva Sargautytė (born 1981 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian orienteering competitor. She received a bronze medal in ''relay'' at the 2002 European Orienteering Championships in Sümeg, together with Giedrė Voverienė and Vilma Rudzenskaitė.

(born 1981), Lithuanian orienteering competitor *

Ieva Simonaitytė Ieva Simonaitytė or Ewa Simoneit (23 January 1897 – 27 August 1978) was a Lithuanian writer. She represented the culture of Lithuania Minor and Klaipėda Region, territories of German East Prussia with historically large, but dwindling, Lithuan ...

(1897–1978), Lithuanian writer *

Ieva Tāre Ieva Tāre (born March 15, 1974, in Riga) is a former Latvian women's basketball player who has represented SK Cēsis and Latvia women's national basketball team. Tāre was trained by the current Latvian national women's team coach Ainars Zvir ...

(born 1974), Latvian basketball player *

Ieva Zasimauskaitė Ieva Zasimauskaitė (; born 2 July 1993) is a Lithuanian singer who represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with her song " When We're Old". She had previously participated in the Lithuanian national selection for the Eurovisi ...

(born 1993), Lithuanian singer *

Ieva Zunda Ieva Zunda (born 20 July 1978 in Tukums) is a Latvian athlete. Her main event is the 400 metres hurdles, but she also competes in the 400 and 800 metres. Internationally she has competed in the 400 m hurdles. She did not make it past the first ro ...

(born 1978), Latvian athlete

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