Eva: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced EE-vuh · 2 syllables

Eva means “life”, from Hebrew.

The (Vulgate) Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek (Eua), from Biblical Hebrew (hawwa). A Latinate variant of the English Eve.

How popular is Eva?

Eva was the #134 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,154 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 31% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1890.

Babies named Eva in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1890).

Half of US adults named Eva are older than 54; most are between 19 and 86. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Eva have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Eva means “life”. It comes from Hebrew.

Eva is pronounced EE-vuh.

Eva was the #134 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,154 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 31% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1890.

Half of US adults named Eva are older than 54. Most are between 19 and 86.