Eva (name)

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Field	Value
name	Eva
image	File:Evita (cropped).JPG
caption	Eva Perón
gender	Feminine
meaning	life
origin	Latin, Hebrew
related names	Eve, Ieva, Evita
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Eva is a female given name, the Latinate counterpart of the Anglo-Saxon Eve, which is derived from the Hebrew חַוָּה (Chava/Hava), meaning "life" or "living one", the name of the first woman according to the Hebrew Bible. It can also mean full of life or mother of life. It is the standard biblical form of Eve in many European languages. Evita is a diminutive form, in Spanish.

People

A–F

Eva Aariak (born 1955), Canadian politician
Eva Adamová (born 1960), Czech volleyball player
Eva Björg Ægisdóttir (born 1988), Icelandic writer
Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (1912–1954), German astronomer
Eva Ahuja (born 1980), Indian actress
Eva Allen Alberti (1856–1938), American dramatics teacher
Eva Alexander (born 1976), British actress and television presenter
Eva Alordiah (born 1988), Nigerian rapper, entertainer, make-up artist, & fashion designer
Eva Amador Guillén (born 1957), Spanish politician
Eva Amaral (born 1973), Spanish singer
Eva Amurri (born 1985), American actress
Eva Andén (1886–1970), Swedish lawyer
Eva Andersson-Dubin (born 1961), Swedish physician, former model and beauty pageant titleholder
Eva Angelina (born 1985), American adult film actress
Eva Aronson (1908–1999), Sweden-born American chess player
Eva Arvidsson (born 1948), Swedish politician
Eva Asderaki (born 1982), Greek tennis chair umpire
Eva Avila (born 1987), 2006 Canadian Idol winner
Eva von Bahr (physicist) (1874–1962), Swedish scientist
Eva von Bahr (make-up artist) (born 1968), Swedish make-up artist and hair stylist
Eva Beem (1932–1944), Dutch Jewish child; gassed to death in Auschwitz concentration camp
Eva Bella (born 2002), American voice actress
Eva Best (1851–1925), American story writer, poet, music composer, dramatist
Eva Birthistle (born 1974), Irish actress and writer
Eva Blanco (1981–1997), Spanish murder victim
Eva Borušovičová (1970–2025), Slovak director, screenwriter and writer
Eva Boto (born 1995), Slovenian singer
Eva Narcissus Boyd (1943–2003), American singer
Eva Bowring (1892–1985), U.S. politician and United States Senator
Eva Braun (1912–1945), lover, and later wife, of Adolf Hitler
Eva Maria Brown (1856–1917), American social reformer
Eva Burrows (1929–2015), 13th General of The Salvation Army
Eva Cadena, Mexican politician from Veracruz
Eva Callimachi-Catargi (1855–1913), French heiress and subject of two paintings by Henri Fantin-Latour
Eva Carneiro, Gibraltar-born British sports medicine specialist and former first-team doctor at Chelsea F.C.
Eva Cassidy (1963–1996), American singer
Eva Maria Düringer Cavalli (born 1959), Austrian fashion designer and beauty pageant titleholder
Eva Celbová (born 1975), Czech beach volleyball player
Eva Christodoulou (born 1983), Greek gymnast
Eva Clare (1885–1961), Canadian musician and educator
Eva Clarke (born 1945), British-Czech Holocaust survivor
Eva Clayton (born 1934), U.S. politician and United States Congresswoman
Eva Colorni (1941–1985), Italian economist
Eva Crocker, Canadian writer
Eva Cruz (born 1974), Puerto Rican volleyball player
Eva Czemerys (1940–1996), German-born film actress
Eva Dahlgren (born 1960), Swedish pop musician
Eva Dickson (1905–1938), Swedish explorer
Eva Dimas (born 1973), Salvadoran weightlifter
Eva Craig Graves Doughty (1852–?), American journalist
Eva de Braose (fl. 1238–1255), co-heiress of William de Braose
Eva Duldig (born 1938), Austrian-born Australian and Dutch tennis player, author
Eva Ekeblad (1724–1786), Swedish botanist
Eva Eugenio (born 1946), Filipina singer
Eva Fabian (born 1993), American-Israeli world champion swimmer
Eva Fontaine (born 1974), British actress
Eva Forest (1928–2007), Spanish far-left activist, writer and prisoner
Eva Frankfurther (1930–1959), German-born British artist

G–L

Eva Gabor (1919–1995), Hungarian-born American actress
Eva Gordon-Simpson (1901–1980), British racing driver
Eva Gore-Booth (1870–1926), Irish poet, dramatist, suffragist, social worker and labour activist
Eva Gothlin (1957–2006), Swedish historian
Eva Gouel (1885–1915), French choreographer and girlfriend of Pablo Picasso during the early 1910s
Eva Grant (1925–2024), Greek and British glamour photographer
Eva Gray (actress) (born 1971), British actress
Eva Gray (cricketer) (born 2000), English cricketer
Eva Gredal (1927–1995), Danish politician
Eva Green (born 1980), French actress
Eva Kinney Griffith (1852–1918), American journalist, activist, novelist, editor, publisher
Eva-Lena Gustavsson (born 1956), Swedish politician
Eva Hauserová (1954–2023), Czech journalist and writer
Éva Hegedüs (born 1957), Hungarian Chairman-CEO and majority shareholder of Gránit Bank
Eva Herman (born 1958), German television presenter and author
Eva Herzigová (born 1973), Czech supermodel
Eva Hesse (1936–1970), German-born American artist
Eva Horváthová (born 1974), Slovak physician and politician
Eva Houston (born 2001), American Paralympic athlete
Eva Ibbotson (1925–2010), Austrian-born British novelist of children's books
Eva of Isenburg (died 1531), Dutch Princess-Abbess of Thorn Abbey
Eva Jinek (born 1978), American-born Dutch journalist and television presenter
Eva Kaili (born 1978), Greek politician
Eva-Lotta Kiibus (born 2003), Estonian figure skater
Eva Köhler (born 1947), wife of the German President Horst Köhler
Eva Kotamanidou (1936–2020), Greek actress
Eva Kristínová (1928–2020), Slovak actress
Eva LaRue (born 1966), American actress
Eva Lettenbauer (born 1992), German politician
Eva Longoria (born 1975), American actress

M–P

Eva Anne Madden (1863–1958), American educator, journalist, playwright, author
Eva Magni (1909–2005), Italian stage and film actress
Eva Maler (born 1988), German playwright
Eva Marie (born 1984),American actress, fashion designer, model, and professional wrestler
Eva Marshal (1203–1246), Anglo-Norman noblewoman
Eva McLaren (1852–1921), British suffragist, writer, and political campaigner
Eva Melander (born 1974), Swedish actress
Eva Melmuková (1932–2022), Czech Lutheran theologist and historian
Eva Mendes (born 1974), American actress
Eva Merthen (1723–1811), known as "The Duchess of Finland"
Eva Miranda, Spanish mathematician
Eva Moll (born 1975), German contemporary artist
Eva Moltesen (1871–1934), Finnish-Danish writer and peace activist
Eva Moore (1870–1955), English actress
Eva Morris (1885–2000), native of England, known for a time as the oldest recognized person in the world
Eva Moskowitz (born 1964), U.S. educator and former politician
Eva Mosnáková (1929–2024), Slovak human rights activist
Eva Mottley (1953–1985), Barbadian-born British actress
Eva, birth name of Hatice Muazzez, mother of the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed II
Eva Mudocci (1872–1953), British violinist
Eva Neander (1921–1950), Swedish journalist
Eva Nedinkovska (born 1983), ethnic Macedonian singer
Eva Noblezada (born 1996), American theatre actress and singer
Eva O'Hara, British actress
Eva Okaro (born 2006), British swimmer
Eva Ortiz (born 1961), American rock singer
Eva Ortiz Vilella (born 1975), Spanish politician
Eva Pagels (born 1954), German field hockey player
Eva Palmer-Sikelianos (1874–1952), American choreographer and art historian
Eva Pawlik (1927–1983), Austrian figure skater
Eva Perón (1919–1952), Argentine First Lady, political leader, actor, and philanthropist; wife of Juan Perón
Eva Haljecka Petković (1870–1947), Serbian doctor
Eva Pel, Dutch visual artist
Eva Philbin (1914–2005), Irish chemist
Eva Pigford (born 1984), American model
Eva Polna (born 1975), Russian singer, composer, and songwriter
Eva Polttila (born 1946), Finnish TV news anchor
Eva Pölzing, German singer
Eva Pope (born 1967), British actress
Eva Püssa (born 1971), Estonian actress

R–Z

Eva Reign, American actress and journalist
Eva Rivas, Russian-Armenian singer
Eva Rysová (1932–2023), Slovak actress
Eva Marie Saint (born 1924), American actress
Éva Sas (born 1970), French politician
Eva Schloss (1929–2026), Austrian-English Holocaust survivor and memoirist
Eva Silverstein (born 1970), American physicist and string theorist
Eva Simons (born 1984), Dutch singer
Eva Siracká (1926–2023), Slovak physician
Eva Munson Smith (1843–1915), American composer, poet, author
Eva Švíglerová (born 1971), Czech professional tennis player
Eva Tanguay (1878–1947), Canadian-born vaudeville entertainer
Eva Griffith Thompson (1842–1925), American newspaper editor
Eva Todor (1919–2017), Brazilian actress
Eva Vlaardingerbroek (born 1996), Dutch legal philosopher, political commentator and activist
Eva Voraberger (born 1990), Austrian boxer
Eva Wilma (1933–2021), Brazilian actress
Eva Winther (1921–2014), Swedish politician
Eva Zuk (born 1991), Polish model

Fictional characters

Eva, Marco's mother from the Animorphs book series
Eva, in the Devil May Cry series
Eva, a character in the 2008 3D computer-animated film Igor
Eva, the Goddess of Water in the mythology of the MMORPG Lineage II
EVA, character in the Metal Gear video game series
Eva, a female keel-billed toucan who is Rafael's wife in Rio and Rio 2
Eva, a character in the Canadian animated television series Total Drama
Eva, one of the main characters in the anime series Tweeny Witches
Eva, protagonist character in What's Left of Me by Kat Zhang
E.V.A, an aspect of Fantomex in Marvel Comics
EVE, a character in the 2008 Pixar film WALL-E whose name is mispronounced "Eva" by the film's title character
Eva Bell (Tempus), a mutant character in Marvel Comics
Eva Falco, a character in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
Eva Kant, character from Diabolik comics and Danger: Diabolik film
Eva Luna, main character of Isabel Allende's picaresque novel
Eva Mapendo, in 2018 romantic drama series Ngayon at Kailanman, portrayed by Julia Barretto
Eva Kviig Mohn, a main character in the Norwegian television series Skam
Eva Nilsson, character on the series Star Trek: Discovery
Eva Price, a character in the British soap opera Coronation Street
Eva Quintero, a member of Strange Academy and the cousin of Reptil
Evangeline St. Clare, called Eva, a major character in the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
Eva Strong, a character in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
Eva Tsunaka, a character in the game Project: Eden's Garden
Eva Ushiromiya, a character in the visual novel, manga and anime series Umineko When They Cry
Eva Wei, the main character of the Jetix animated television series Oban Star Racers
Eva Zimmer, a character in the webseries The Zimmer Twins

References

The Best Baby Name Book in the Whole Wide World (1984), by Bruce Lansky
Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names
https://web.archive.org/web/20130907212042/http://babynames.allparenting.com/list/Indian_Baby_Names/Eva/details/

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