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 [ 1 syll. e-ve, ev-e ] The girl name Eve is pronounced as IYV KEY. Eve is an English and French name of Hebrew and Old French origin. Hebrew and Old French origin: Havvah (Hebrew) is an old form of the name. The name is derived from the Hebrew 'hayya' (alive, animal). Eve was the first woman in the Bible, who was created by God as a female companion to the first man Adam; Adam called Eve the 'Mother of All the Living'. Eve later gave the forbidden fruit to Adam, leading to the Fall of Man. Despite the negative association, the biblical name was adopted by Christians, and has been in use among English speakers since medieval times. In Ireland, the names Eve and Eva have been used as Anglicized forms of Aoife and Aoibhe. Eve has 22 variant forms that are used in both English and other languages. English variant forms of Eve include Ava (also used in German), Eva (also used in Czech, Dutch, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Hungarian, Indian, and Polish), Evaline, Evelia (also used in Spanish), and Evelina (also used in Italian and Scandinavian). Other English variants include the pet forms Eveleen, Evie (also used in Spanish), and Evvie. Variant forms of the name used in other languages include Chava (Yiddish, Hebrew, and Spanish), Eabha (Irish), Efa (Welsh), Evi (German and Hungarian), Evita (Spanish), Ewa (Polish), Ève (French), Éabha (Irish), Éva (Hungarian), Évike (Hungarian), Hava (Hebrew), Havva (Turkish), and Yeva (Russian and Armenian). Eve is a variant form (English) of the name Eva (Czech, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Hungarian, Indian, and Polish). Eve is also a short form of the name Evelyn (English). See also the related forms, Aoife (Irish) and Zoe (English, German, Greek, and Polish). Eve is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1990s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2001, 0.025% of baby girls were named Eve. It was #533 in rank then. In 2008, its usage was 0.022% and its ranking #655. Out of the family of girl names directly related to Eve, Ava (German and English) was the most commonly used. In 2008, it was 36 times more widely used than Eve. Baby names that sound like Eve include Ève (French), Ib (English), Eba (English), Eepa (Hawaiian), Eevi (Finnish), Eva (Czech, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Hungarian, Indian, and Polish), Evi (German and Hungarian), Aoife (Irish), Éva (Hungarian), Ibbie (English), Ibby, Iva (Czech, Slavic, English, and Italian), and Eeva (Finnish). Details of famous persons named Eve: KEY: Pronunciation for Eve: IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)"   |
