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Eve (name)
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| Gender | Female |
| Meaning | "Living" |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Related names | Eva, Evelyn, Ava, Evita, Evie |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Eve |
- For specific uses of the name, see Eve.
Eve is an English given name for a female, derived from Eva, in turn originating with Hebrew חַוָּה (Chavah/Havah - chavah to breathe and chayah to live). The traditional meaning of Eve is 'living'.
The name has religious significance to Christians after the use of Eve / living as the female companion of the Biblical Adam / man. Its use as a first name in England began in the 12th Century.
Alternative forms:
- Eva, popular in many European countries.
- Eve as an anglicized form of Gaelic Aoife "radiant, beautiful" in Scotland and Ireland.
- Evelyn
- Ava particularly in Ireland, Canada and Australia
- Evita
- Evie, usually a familiar form, now also a given name.
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This is a list of famous people with the first name Eve:
- Eve, American rapper
- Eve Arden, American actress
- Eve Beglarian, Armenian-American lesbian composer
- Eve Plumb, American actress
- Eve Pamela Grice, Queen of Fragrance
- Eve Queler, American conductor
- Jewish: Chava/ Hava / Hawa (ancient pronunciation)
- Arabic: حواء
- Irish: Éabha, Aoibhe
- Italian: Eva
- Finnish: Eevi/Eeva
- Welsh: Efa
- Hungarian: Éva
- Turkish: Havva
- Russian: Yeva
- Lithuanian: Ieva
- Polish: Ewa
- Persian: حوا
- In Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament, Eve is the name of the first woman (see Adam and Eve).
- Eve was a tropical storm in 1969.
- All About Eve (1950) is a film by Joseph Mankiewicz, in which the main character is called Eve.
- Eve (magazine) is a British women's magazine.
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