Given name & surname
Eve
“giver of life; a lively woman”
In English use, Eve has a related form in Eva. One Hebrew interpretation is “giver of life; a lively woman.”
Original Hebrewחוה
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Eve has a related form in Eva. One Hebrew interpretation is “giver of life; a lively woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
In Estonian usage, Eve is a short form of Evelin. In Swedish usage, Eve is a masculine form of Eva.
The story
The name has a place in biblical naming traditions.
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Eve appears in 2 Corinthians 11:3, 1 Timothy 2:13.
- 2 Corinthians 11:3
- 1 Timothy 2:13
From biblical name research
Eve through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29,510
- 0 boys · 29,510 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 732 babies
- 2025
- 577
- #519 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 577 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 519 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 19.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 732 in 2017. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (83). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 24,079 as a first name in 2020; 932 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eve’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Eve is a short form of Evelin. In Swedish usage, Eve is a masculine form of Eva. In English usage, Eve has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Ewa.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Eve has relatives in 30 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
29 related names in 30 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Evelyndiminutive · English
- Evavariant · English, German
- Eviediminutive · English
- Evelinavariant · Swedish
- Evelinvariant · Estonian
- Evettevariant · English
- Evviediminutive · English
- Evertfull form · Swedish
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Across languages 31
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Avaequivalent
- Chavaequivalent
- Hawakmr
- Yevarelated form
- Eviequivalent
- Havarelated form
- Evitaequivalent
- Evettderivative · English
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See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Eve
- Eve ArdenAmerican actress (1908–1990)
- Eve EnslerAmerican playwright, performer, feminist, activist and artist (born 1953)
- Eve KiviEstonian actress (born 1938)
- Eve TorresAmerican professional wrestler and Jiu-Jitsu trainerborn 1984
- Eve HewsonIrish actressborn 1991
- Eve MylesWelsh actress (born 1978)
- Eve Kosofsky SedgwickAmerican scholar of queer theory (1950-2009)
- Eve ArnoldAmerican photojournalist (1913–2012)1912–2012
- Eve MuirheadScottish curlerborn 1990
Characters named Eve: Eve Teschmacher (DC Comics character).
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