Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Éva comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα, from Hebrew חַוָּה.
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Éva’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Éva has a diminutive in Évi. In Hungarian usage, Éva has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Eva. In Hungarian usage, Éva has a conventional equivalent in the English form Eve.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Éva has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- EvaSpanish, German
- EveEnglish
- Chavaequivalent
- Eviequivalent
- Evitaequivalent
- Eevaequivalent
- Ievaequivalent
- Ewaequivalent
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People named Éva
- Eva GaborHungarian-American actress and socialite (1919–1995)
- Éva SzékelyHungarian swimmer (1927–2020)
- Éva TardosHungarian mathematicianborn 1957
- Éva CsernoviczkiHungarian judokaborn 1986
- Eva KleinHungarian-Swedish biologist1925–2025
- Éva RisztovHungarian swimmerborn 1985
- Éva Novák-GerardHungarian swimmer (1930-2005)
- Éva JanikovszkyHungarian writer (1926–2003)
- Éva RuttkaiHungarian actress (1927-1986)
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