Eva

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ewa in PL Poland, CZ Czechia, SE Sweden and 3 more, Ия in RU Russia, FI Finland, KZ Kazakhstan, Eya in FR France, AT Austria and Ევა in GE Georgia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Eva is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hungarian given name2.0M records spelled Eva24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary, Finland, Slovenia, United States

  Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Éva, Ëvä, Êvä, Ęva, Èva

• French given name556K records spelled Eva12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Spain

  Also written Éva, Evà, Ëva, Èva, Evä

• German given name359K records spelled Eva66 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, United States, Austria, Sweden

  Languages: German, English, Dutch

  Also written Beba, Éva, Evae, E-Va, Èva

• a separate given name83K records spelled Eva7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden

  Also written Éva, Evâ, Evà, Ev̲a, Èva

• Bangla given name58K records spelled Eva24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Bangladesh, United States, Spain

  Languages: Bangla, Hindi, Odia

  Also written Ibha, Iva, ইভা, Ewa, Eeva

• Hindi given name39K records spelled Eva11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Éva, Èva, Evã, Évá, Êvâ

109 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Eva is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In kho, Khoikhoi (South Africa): version of Eve, from Hebrew 'life'.

  as a name·African Names

• Latinate form of Eve, now very popular in its own right. It is also found as an Anglicization of the Gaelic name bAoife.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• 2 Latinate form of the biblical name represented by English )\Eve (see main dictionary).

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Spanish, acronym of etilvinilacetato (ethylene-vinyl acetate)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Initialism of extravehicular activity.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Eva Braunb. 1912DEphotographer, longtime companion and later wife of Adolf Hitler (1912–1945)
• Eva Perónb. 1919ARArgentine actress and politician (1919–1952)
• Eva Marie Saintb. 1924USAmerican actress (born 1924)
• Eva Herzigováb. 1973CZCzech model and actress (born 1973)
• Eva Longoriab. 1975USAmerican actress and producer (born 1975)
• Judith Barsib. 1978USnot in their usual nameAmerican child actress (1978-1988)
• Eva Greenb. 1980FRFrench actress
• Eva Marieb. 1984USAmerican professional wrestler
• Lotta Schelinb. 1984SEnot in their usual nameSwedish association football player
• Eva Amurrib. 1985USAmerican actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 2,201 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Eva?

We estimate roughly 1.8 million people bear Eva (counting its spellings and scripts) across 18 countries in our records.

In which country does Eva have the most bearers?

Eva is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled eva.

Where is Eva most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Eva is densest in the Czechia — about 1 in 35 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Eva compared with other names?

In Argentina, Eva is the 226th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Eva a male or female name?

Eva is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Eva mean?

Recorded meaning: ebr. Chuvva viatA" (etim.