Eve

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Eve

Gender: Feminine
Language: English
Etymology:
Eve is the English form of a Hebrew name, Chavva (or Chaba, Chabah, Chava, Chaka, Chayka, Chaya). It originally meant “Life,” or “Lively.”

History:
In England, the use of Eve, as a first name, began in the late 12th century. Never very popular, the Latinate form, Eva, caught on after the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published in 1852. One the favorite characters from it was named “Little Eva.”

Pronunciation: EEV.

Alternates: Evia, Evie.
Danish: Eva.
Finnish: Eeva.
Hawaiian: Ewa, Iwa.
Hebrew (Modern): Hava.
Hungarian: Evacska, Evike.
Irish: Aoife.
Latin: Eva, Ava.
Polish: Ewa.
Russian: Eva.
Spanish: Eva, Evita.
Ukrainian: Yeva, Yevtsye.
Welsh: Efa.

Surnames: Eves, Eaves.

See also: Ava, Eva, Eveleen.

Famous Bearers:
Artists and Authors:
Eeva Liisa Manner (1921-1995)
Finnish poet.
Eve Queler (1936-)
American conductor.

Religious Figures:
Eve (Biblical)
The first woman.

Singers and Entertainers:
Eve Arden (1912-1990)
American actress.
Eve Plumb (1958-)
American actress.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
0.159 % named Eva
0.014 % named Ava
0.013 % named Eve
0.004 % named Evie
0.002 % named Chaya
0.001 % named Evia
0.001 % named Evita
0.001 % named Ewa

Popularity of Eve:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1850: 295th most popular.
1875: 390th most popular.
1900-1910: 493rd most popular.
1910-1920: 520th most popular.
1920-1930: 850th most popular.
1930-1940: 944th most popular.
1940-1950: 783rd most popular.
1950-1960: 608th most popular.
1960-1970: 690th most popular.
1970-1980: 705th most popular.
1980-1990: 875th most popular.
1990-2000: N/A
1998: N/A
1999: 711th most popular.
2000: 540th most popular.
2001: 534th most popular.
2002: 562nd most popular.
2003: 557th most popular.

In France...
1900-1960: N/A
1969: 189th most popular.
1970: 185th most popular.
1980: 139th most popular.
1987: 170th most popular.
1990-2000: N/A

In Ireland...
1998: 68th most popular.
1999: 86th most popular.
2000: 64th most popular.
2001: 46th most popular.
2002: 58th most popular.
2003: 56th most popular.

Popularity of Evie:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1910: 499th most popular.
1910-1920: 632nd most popular.
1920-1930: 835th most popular.
1930-2000: N/A

Popularity of Chaya:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1980: N/A
1980-1990: 915th most popular.
1990: 818th most popular.
1991: 820th most popular.
1992: 866th most popular.
1993: 817th most popular.
1994: 834th most popular.
1995: 821st most popular.
1996: 836th most popular.
1997: 821st most popular.
1998: N/A
1999: 844th most popular.
2000: 801st most popular.
2001: 800th most popular.
2002: 700th most popular.
2003: 786th most popular.