Eve

Where Eve comes from

From Middle English Eve, Eue, from Old English Ēua, Ēfe, from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).
— Wiktionary's entry for Eve
  • Hebrew
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #679 among girls — 7 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1907
    Peak, #414
    73 babies named Eve — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1908
    Eve Arden born
    American actress
  4. 1978
    Eve born
    American rapper and actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Eve Arden · American actress, 1908–1990
  • Eve · American rapper and actress, born 1978
  • Eve Torres · American professional wrestler and Jiu-Jitsu trainer, born 1984
  • Eve Kivi · Estonian actress, born 1938

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.