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EVA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Slovene, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Russian, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin
OTHER SCRIPTS: Ева (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Church Slavic)
PRONOUNCED: E-vah (Italian, Spanish), EE-vÉ™ (English), E-fah (German), AY-vah (Dutch)   [key]
Meaning & History
Latinate form of EVE. This form is used in the Latin translation of the New Testament, while Hava is used in the Latin Old Testament. It is also a variant Russian transcription of YEVA. This name appears in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' (1852) belonging to the character Little Eva, whose real name is in fact Evangeline.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Eve, Ava (English), Yeva (Russian)
DIMINUTIVES: Evelia, Evita (Spanish), Evie, Evvie, Eveleen (English)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Hawa (Arabic), Yeva (Armenian), Eve (Biblical), Eua (Biblical Greek), Chawwah (Biblical Hebrew), Eeva, Eevi (Finnish), Ève, Eve (French), Chava, Hava (Hebrew), Éva, Évike (Hungarian), Éabha (Irish), Ieva (Latvian), Ieva (Lithuanian), Ewa (Polish), Havva (Turkish), Efa (Welsh)
Popularity
United States  ranked #83 
England/Wales  ranked #37 
Canada (BC)  ranked #47 
Australia (NSW)  ranked #21 
Austria  ranked #46 
Belgium  ranked #20 
Catalonia  ranked #64 
Croatia  ranked #29 
France  ranked #16 
Hungary  - 
Ireland  ranked #44 
Netherlands  ranked #9 
Northern Ireland  ranked #14 
Norway  ranked #63 
Scotland  ranked #13 
Slovenia  ranked #1 
Spain  ranked #48 
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