Eva
Life or living one · Hebrew origin
What does Eva mean?
Eva is a female name of Hebrew origin, meaning “Life or living one”.
How popular is Eva?
In England & Wales, Eva ranked #54 among girls' names in 2024, with 819 babies given the name — down from #27 in 2014. Its strongest year in the England & Wales series is 2012, when it reached #24.
In the United States, Eva was the #93 girls' name in the 2020 data, after peaking at #32 in 1890.
| Year | E&W rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | #271 | 137 |
| 2000 | #190 | 228 |
| 2005 | #76 | 695 |
| 2010 | #37 | 1,545 |
| 2012 | #24 | 1,946 |
| 2015 | #29 | 1,753 |
| 2020 | #35 | 1,263 |
| 2024 | #54 | 819 |
Who are famous people named Eva?
- Eva Perón · Argentine actress and politician (1919–1952)
- Hedy Lamarr · Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping (1914-2000)
- Eva Braun · photographer, longtime companion and later wife of Adolf Hitler (1912–1945)
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More on Eva
Short, ancient and effortlessly international, Eva is the small name with the enormous meaning.
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