What does Eve mean?

Eve means "alive; hazelnut; bird"

How do we pronounce Eve?

Eve \e-ve, ev-e\ is a female's name. It consists of 3 letters and 1 syllable.

The baby girl name Eve is pronounced as IYV (English) or EHV (French) 1.

1 Pronunciation for Eve: IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; V as in "vow (V.AW)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)"

What is the origin of Eve?

Eve is an English and French name of Hebrew and Old French origin. Hebrew origin: Havvah (Hebrew) is an old form of the name. The name is derived from the Hebrew 'hayya' (alive, animal). Eve was the first woman in the Bible, who was created by God as a female companion to the first man Adam; Adam called Eve the 'Mother of All the Living'. Eve later gave the forbidden fruit to Adam, leading to the Fall of Man. Despite the negative association, the biblical name was adopted by Christians, and has been in use among English speakers since medieval times. In Ireland, the names Eve and Eva have been used as Anglicized forms of Aoife name variations and Aoibhe. Eve is a variation (English) of the name Eva pronounciation (Czech, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Hungarian, Indian, and Polish). Eve can also be a shortening of the name meaning of Evelyn (English). Eve is a widely used name; it has 44 variations that are used in both English and other languages. English variations of Eve short names for Ava (also used in German), Eave name, what does the name Eba mean, Eeve definition, what does the name Eva mean (also used in Czech, Dutch, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish), Evaleen name, Evaline name, short names for Evelia (also used in Spanish), name Evelina meaning, Eveline meaning and origin, meaning of Evetta, name Evette origin, what does the name Evey mean, name Evicka meaning, Evike meaning of name, Evka name, name Evlyn, Evonne meaning of name, Evuska definition, short names for Evvy, Evy name popularity, short names for Evyn, short names for Ewie, and Naeva meaning. Other English variants the familiar forms meaning of Eveleen (also used in Gaelic), short names for Evie (also used in Spanish, and Hungarian), and short names for Evvie. Variations used in other languages name Chava (Hebrew), Eabha name popularity (Irish), name Eeva (Finnish), meaning of Efa (Welsh), Eubh meaning (Gaelic), Evi name variations (German), Evita meaning of name (Spanish), Ewa name popularity (Polish), baby name Ève (French), name Éabha (Irish), name Éva origin (Hungarian), nicknames for Évike (Hungarian), name Hava meaning (Hebrew), Havva meaning of name (Turkish), what does the name Vica mean (Hungarian), and short names for Yeva (Armenian, Russian, and Ukrainian). See also the related forms, Eve Marie pronounciation, Marie Eve name variations, Marieve pronounciation, and what does the name Zoe mean (English, German, Greek, and Polish). Eve is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1990s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2009, 0.026% of baby girls were named Eve. It was #582 in rank then. In 2010, its usage was 0.025% and its ranking #589. Out of the family of girl names directly related to Eve, Ava name variations was the most commonly used. In 2010, it was 31 times more widely used than Eve.

The following famous people share the name Eve:

  • Ancient Human Mitochondrial Eve, born 200000 B.C
  • Cloning Subject Baby Eve
  • Rapper Eve of Destruction, born Eve Jihan Jeffers 10 November 1978, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

List of baby names that sound like Eve:

Eave name, name Eeve, Eb name popularity, name Ebb origin, what does the name Ephee mean, Ib meaning (English), name Iffe, Eba meaning of name (English), name Ebah origin, short names for Ebba (English and German), Ebbah meaning of name, baby name Ebbe, what does the name Ebbea mean, Ebbey meaning, Ebbi name popularity, Ebbie definition (Bini), Ebby meaning and origin (Bini), what does the name Ebe mean, Eepa name variations (Hawaiian), and Eeva meaning and origin (Finnish).

The baby name Eve fun facts:

The name Eve in reverse order is "Eve".

The numerological value of the name Eve is number 5, which means expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom.

How popular is Eve?

Eve is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.04%
20130.03%
20120.03%
20110.03%
20100.03%
20090.03%
20080.02%
20070.03%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames