Eve (name)
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 Albrecht Dürer painting of the Biblical Eve. According to the Bible, Eve (or Eva) was the first woman created. |
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| Gender | Female |
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| Word/Name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | "Living" |
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| Related names | Eva, Evita, Evie |
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Eve is an English given name for a female, derived from Eva, in turn originating with Hebrew חַוָּה (Chavah/Havah - chavah to breathe and chayah to live). The traditional meaning of Eve is 'living'.
The name has religious significance in the Judeo/Christian/Muslim tradition, after the use of Eve / living as the female companion of the Biblical Adam / man. Its use as a first name in England began in the 12th Century.
Alternative forms:
- Eva, popular in many European countries.
- Eve as an anglicized form of Gaelic Aoife "radiant, beautiful" in Scotland and Ireland.
- Evita
- Evie, usually a familiar form, now also a given name.
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[edit] People called Eve
[edit] Given Name
- Chava Alberstein (born 1947), Israeli singer, lyricist, composer, musical arranger, and actress
- Chava Mond (born in 1984), Israeli model
- Eve (entertainer), American hip-hop artist and actress
- Eve Angel (born 1983), Hungarian porn star
- Eve Arden, American actress
- Eve Beglarian, Armenian-American lesbian composer
- Eve Myles, Welsh actress
- Eve Pollard (born 1945), British journalist
- Eve Plumb, American actress
- Eve Queler, American conductor
- Ève Salvail, Canadian supermodel
- Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950-2009), American queer theorist
- Eve Torres, professional wrestler
- Eve Minor, singer-songwriter, producer, model
[edit] Surname
- Alice Eve (born 1982), English actress
- Angus Eve (born 1973), football players
- Arthur Eve (born 1933), retired politician
- Laverne Eve (born 1965), javelin thrower
- Leecia Eve (born 1964), attorney, politician
- Lisvel Elisa Eve (born 1991), Dominican Republic volleyball player
- Nomi Eve (born 1968), author
- Trevor Eve (born 1951), actor
[edit] Translations of Eve
- Hebrew: Chava/ Hava / Hawa (ancient pronunciation)
- Arabic: حواء
- Albanian: Evis
- Armenian: Eva
- Amharic: Hewan
- Finnish: Eevi, Eeva
- Hungarian: Éva
- Irish: Éabha, Aoibhe
- Italian: Eva
- Lithuanian and Latvian: Ieva
- Polish: Ewa
- Persian: حوا
- Russian: Eвa (Yeva)
- Spanish: Eva
- Turkish: Havva
- Welsh: Efa
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