EVA female Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, English, Czech, Slovak, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Greek, Slovene, Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian, Georgian, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin Latinate form of EVE. This form is used in the Latin translation of the New Testament, while Hava is used in the Latin Old Testament. It is also a variant transcription of Russian YEVA. This name appears in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' (1852) belonging to the character Little Eva, whose real name is in fact Evangeline. | ||||||||||||||||||||
EVE female English, French, Biblical From the Hebrew name חַוָּה (Chawwah), which was derived from the Hebrew word חוה (chawah) "to breathe" or the related word חיה (chayah) "to live". According to the Old Testament Book of Genesis, Eve and Adam were the first humans. God created her from one of Adam's ribs to be his companion. At the urging of a serpent she ate the forbidden fruit and shared some with Adam, causing their expulsion from the Garden of Eden.Despite this potentially negative association, the name was occasionally used by Christians during the Middle Ages. In the English-speaking world both Eve and the Latin form Eva were revived in the 19th century. | ||||||||||||||||||||
EVE female English, French, Biblical From the Hebrew name חַוָּה (Chawwah), which was derived from the Hebrew word חוה (chawah) "to breathe" or the related word חיה (chayah) "to live". According to the Old Testament Book of Genesis, Eve and Adam were the first humans. God created her from one of Adam's ribs to be his companion. At the urging of a serpent she ate the forbidden fruit and shared some with Adam, causing their expulsion from the Garden of Eden.Despite this potentially negative association, the name was occasionally used by Christians during the Middle Ages. In the English-speaking world both Eve and the Latin form Eva were revived in the 19th century. |
EQUIVALENTS |
ARABIC: Hawa |
ARMENIAN: Yeva |
BIBLICAL GREEK: Eua |
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Chawwah |
BIBLICAL LATIN: Eva |
BIBLICAL: Eve |
BULGARIAN: Eva |
CROATIAN: Eva |
CZECH: Eva |
DANISH: Eva |
DUTCH: Eva |
ENGLISH: Ava, Eva, Eve |
FINNISH: Eeva |
FRENCH: Ève, Eve |
GEORGIAN: Eva |
GERMAN: Eva |
GREEK: Eva |
HEBREW: Chava, Hava |
HUNGARIAN: Éva |
ICELANDIC: Eva |
IRISH: Éabha |
ITALIAN: Eva |
LATVIAN: Ieva |
LITHUANIAN: Ieva |
NORWEGIAN: Eva |
OLD CHURCH SLAVIC: Eva |
POLISH: Ewa |
PORTUGUESE: Eva |
RUSSIAN: Eva, Yeva |
SLOVAK: Eva |
SLOVENE: Eva |
SPANISH: Eva, Evelia |
SWEDISH: Eva |
TURKISH: Havva |
WELSH: Efa |
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
ENGLISH: Eveleen, Evie, Evvie |
HUNGARIAN: Évike |
SPANISH: Evita |