Eva

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

1) Latin form of the Hebrew name חַוָּה (Chavva)

1a) Hebrew chavvá = 'living, alive' [1]
1b) Hebrew chavvá = 'giving life' [2] [3]
1c) Hebrew havvah = 'giving life' [4] [3]
1d) Hebrew chavvah = 'life, giving life, mother of all life' [5] [6]
1e) Hebrew chawwa = 'lively' [7]
1f) Hebrew hayya = 'living' or 'animal' [8]
1g) Hebrew חוה (chawah) = 'to breathe' [9]
1h) Hebrew חיה (chayah) = 'to live' [9]
1i) Hebrew chajjah = 'living, alive' [10]
1j) Hebrew chaj = 'living, alive' [11]

2) Short form of Germanic names beginning with Ev(er)- (see JOR) [6]

3) Short form of Names beginning with Eva- [12]

Related Names

     
Eeva ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Eevi ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Eevu ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Eevuli ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Efva ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Efwa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Eva ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Ewa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Evá ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Eve ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Swedish
Eve ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Swedish
Evi ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Evie ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Evita ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Evy ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Ewy ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish

See also Ieva

Combinations

For combinations see EVA (name element)

Name Days

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

24 December

Norway Norway

24 December

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

24 December

Sweden Sweden

24 December

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Eva
Accusative: Evu
Dative: Evu
Genitive: Evu
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Eva
Accusative: Evu
Dative: Evu
Genitive: Evu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1472 [2]

Bible

In the Old Testament, Eva is the name of the first woman. She had three sons with Adam, the first man: Kain, Abel and Set

Namesakes

Eva Charlotte Dahlgren-Attling, Swedish singer, * June 9th, 1960

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[13] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m1.png 88509 191834 1 3
Denmark Denmark[14] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png 15885 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[15] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png 9243 20018 0 0
Finland Finland[16] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 10733 n.a 1
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[13][14][15][16]:Name statistics for Eva(f)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[15]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Eva(f)


Sources: [13] [14] [15] [16]

References

  1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  4. ↑ Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
  5. ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Weitershaus: Das große Vornamenlexikon (1998)
  6. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  7. ↑ E. G. Withycombe: The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names (1977)
  8. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  9. ↑ Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
  10. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
  11. ↑ Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  12. ↑ Own theory. No references found, yet.
  13. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  14. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  15. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  16. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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