Eva

ee-va, eh-va, or ay-va

Latin form of Eve, Hebrew

"life"

Eva Origin and Meaning

The name Eva is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "life".

Eva is a simple, classic Hebrew name for girls that recently slipped out of the US Top 100 for the first time in more than a decade. Pronounced either like her more popular sister Ava or less popular sister Eve, Eva is one of the elite group of girl names that mean life.

Eva is found in many different languages as a variation of Eve—the Old Testament name recognizable as the first woman in Abrahamic religions. Short forms of the name include Evie and Evita. The diminutive Evita is still strongly associated with Evita Peron, wife of the Argentine President Juan Peron.

The 1852 publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, the bestselling novel of the nineteenth century, whose tragic figure Little Eva (short for Evangeline) made an enormous impression on the Victorian reading public, propelled the name to popularity.

Some well known Evas include actresses Evas Marie Saint, Gabor, Green, Longoria and Mendes, sculptor Eva Hesse, singer Little Eva, and model Eva Herzigova

Eva is a highly popular girls’ name throughout the Western World, ranking in the Top 100 of most English-speaking countries along with a wide range of European nations, from Spain and Italy to France and Germany to Scandinavia. This makes Eva one of the most internationally versatile names today.

Eva Rank in US Top 1000

# 112 in the US

Eva Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 145 on Nameberry

Eva Popularity

• 112 US 2023
• 145 Nameberry 2024
• 35 Canada 2023
• 69 Future 2028
• 46 England 2022
• 50 Scotland 2023
• 52 Ireland 2023
• 79 Australia 2023
• 60 New Zealand 2023
• 11 France 2023
• 42 Germany 2023
• 24 Netherlands 2023
• 49 Italy 2018
• 57 Spain 2022
• 22 Portugal 2020
• 306 Mexico 2021
• 24 Norway 2023
• 45 Denmark 2023
• 13 Iceland 2021
• 7 Belgium 2023
• 29 Switzerland 2023
• 54 Austria 2023
• 190 Poland 2020
• 83 Estonia 2023
• 12 Slovenia 2023
• 19 Lithuania 2022
• 80 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022
• 9 Croatia 2023

20 Names Similar to Eva

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Eva.

• Ava
• Eve
• Ella
• Anna
• Ada
• Evie
• Belle
• Evelyn
• Amelie
• Emilia
• Bella
• Isabella
• Mia
• Audrey
• Emma
• Thea
• Alexandra
• Stella
• Anastasia
• Ellie

Famous People Named Eva

• Eva "Evita" Perón Argentine politician
• Eva Jacqueline Longoria American actress
• Eva Anna Paula Braun wife of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler
• Eva Mendes American actress
• Eva Gabor Hungarian,American socialite and actress
• Eva Hesse German,American sculptor
• Eva Gaelle Green French actress and model
• Eva Marie Saint American actress
• Eva Ibbotson (born Maria Charlotte Michelle Wiesner) Austrian,British novelist
• Eva Monica Anna Ekvall (Johnson) Venezuelan model and TV presenter
• Eva Qamaniq Aariak Canadian politician, 2nd premier of Nunavut
• Evangelina "Eva" Simons Dutch singer,songwriter
• Eva Angelina American porn actress
• Eva Barbara Novak American silent film actress
• Eva Helene Nansen Swedish operatic mezzo,soprano
• Eva Novak Gerard, Hungarian Olympic swimmer
• Eva Noblezada American Broadway actress
• Eva Selina Laura Gore Booth, Irish poet and suffragist
• Eva Miriam Hart English Titanic survivor
• Eva Catherine Gardner American electric bassist
• Eva Ionesco French actress
• Eva Cantarella Italian classicist
• Eva Gutowski Youtuber behind the channel "MyLifeAsEva"
• Eva Marcille American model and reality TV personality
• Eva Amurri American actress; daughter of actress Susan Sarandon
• Eva Davies daughter of singer Ray Davies of The Kinks
• Eva Jean Fortney daughter of actress Maria Pitillo and David Fortney
• Eva Giselle Jordan daughter of reality TV personalities Stevie J and Mimi Faust ("Love & Hip Hop Atlanta")
• Eva Luna Westerholt daughter of Dutch singer Sharon den Adel of Within Temptation and Robert Westerholt
• Eva Marie Thompson (b. 2009), daughter of sprinters Marion Jones and Obadele Thompson
• Eva Hollick (b. 2015) daughter of actors Michael Hollick and Angela Tsai
• Eva James Jenner (b. 2015) daughter of singer Leah Jenner and Brandon Jenner
• Eva Deia Branson (b. 2015), daughter of model/actress Isabella Calthorpe and Sam Branson; granddaughter of business mogul Richard Branson
• Eva Maria dos Santos (b. 2017) daughter of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, twin of brother Mateo
• Eva Herzigova (b. 1973) Czech Italian Supermodel & actress

Eva in Pop Culture

• Eva main character in Wagner's opera "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg"
• Little Eva character in "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
• Eva Sanchez character in "The Purge"
• Eva Marco's mom in the Animorphs book series
• Eva Kant character from the Diabolik series
• Eva Wei main character of the animated series "Oban Star Racers"
• EVA character in the Metal Gear video game series
• Eva character in the Devil May Cry video game series
• Eva the Goddess of Water in the mythology of the MMORPG Lineage II
• Eva character on animated series "Total Drama Island"
• Eva character in the movie "Igor"
• Eva Ushiromiya character in manga and anime "Umineko no Naku Koro ni"
• Eva character in animated series "The Zimmer Twins"
• Eva Rafael's wife in the Rio animated movies
• Eva Price character on British soap "Coronation Street"
• "Eva " song by Nightwish
• Evelyn "Eva" Leland character in Elsie Dinsmore series
• "Eva " 2010 Romanian movie
• "Eva " 2011 Spanish movie
• Eva Olivier main character in 1962 Italian movie "Eva"
• "Eva " 1948 Swedish movie
• "Eva " novel by Peter Dickinson and its main character
• Eva Sinclair character in the series "The Originals"
• Eva Seiler alias for Julie in Code Name Verity
• Eva Tamsyn main character in The Hybrid Chronicles by Kat Zhang
• Eva Kviig Mohn character in the Norwegian TV series "Skam".
• Eva Mansfield (A.K.A. Amber Horn) character in MTV's "Awkward."
• "Deliver Us from Eva" 2003 romantic comedy film named after the character of Evangeline "Eva" Dandrige