Eva

Girl · Hebrew

Eva

Say it: EH-bah

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Meaning

From Hebrew Chawwah, linked in Genesis to the root 'to live'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1890s

In the United States

273,365 babies given this name since 1880
At its height in 1893, about 1 in 128 girls
2,826 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Mexican Central American Andean Argentine Caribbean Spanish Brazilian

The family of the name

Other spellings: Evita

Portuguese	Eva
Italian	Eva
English	Eve

Famous bearers

Eva Perón, first lady of Argentina

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Where this comes from

The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
Parish baptism registers
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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