Eve en · PROPN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /iːv/
- ēv
Etymology
From Middle English Eve, Eue, from Old English Ēua, Ēfe, from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).
Meanings
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The first woman and mother of the human race; Adam's wife.
After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.
1904, Mark Twain, Extracts from Adam's Diary:And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 3:20:
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An unspecified primordial woman, from whom many or all people are descended.
The Seven Daughters of Eve; Mitochondrial Eve
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A female given name from Hebrew.
"You were always a cynic," said Edith tolerantly. "I'm sure that Eve will want to have a baby - isn't that why we called her Eve?" "Of course not," said Herbert, as if the baby-cult had long been irritating him. "We called her Eve, or Evelyn, after your grandmother, who was going to leave, and did leave us some money."
1970, L.P.Hartley, My Sister's Keeper, page 113:
- An unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Missouri, United States.
Deriveds
Mitochondrial Eve · Eve green · know someone from Eve · sister of Eve · New Eve · Adam and Eve
Relateds
Zoë · Evelyn · Eva · Evita · Evie · Evette · Evy · Lilith · Chaim · Ava · Haim
Translations (151)
hu Éva (given name) · th เอวา (the first woman) · bg Е́ва (the first woman) · mr हव्वा (the first woman) · id Hawa (the first woman) · nl Eva (the first woman) · es Eva (the first woman) · et Eva (given name) · pa ਈਵ (given name) · bn হবা (the first woman) · ru Е́ва (the first woman) · lt Ievà (given name) · ps حوا (the first woman) · gd Eubha (the first woman) · am ሕይዋን (given name) · yi חווה (the first woman) · sw Hawa (the first woman) · de Eva (given name) · mt Eva (the first woman) · sk Eva (given name) · fr Ève (given name) · gv Aaue (the first woman) · lt Ievà (the first woman) · hsb Jěwa (given name) · be Е́ва (given name) · la Eva (given name) · uz Havvo (the first woman) · fo Eva (the first woman) · da Eva (given name) · ka ევა (the first woman) · dng Хэва (the first woman) · ee Xawa (given name) · syc ܚܘܐ (the first woman) · el Εύα (the first woman) · ja イブ (given name) · la Eva (the first woman) · sh Eva (given name) · cmn 夏娃 (the first woman) · zza Hewa (the first woman) · hu Éva (the first woman) · pa ਈਵ (the first woman) · th อีฟ (the first woman) · pt Eva (the first woman) · grc Εὔα (the first woman) · ar حَوَّاء (the first woman) · gl Eva (given name) · pa ਹਵਾ (the first woman) · cy Efa (the first woman) · tl Eba (the first woman) · gd Eubha (given name) · zza Hewa (given name) · hi ईव (given name) · sq Eva (the first woman) · id Hava (given name) · sh Ева (the first woman) · si ඒව (the first woman) · ar أِيف (given name) · el Εύη (given name) · sk Eva (the first woman) · pl Ewa (given name) · enm Eve (the first woman) · grc Εὕα (given name) · tr Havva (the first woman) · ja イヴ (given name) · de Eve (given name) · uk Е́ва (the first woman) · vi Ê-va (the first woman) · ro Eva (the first woman) · tg Ҳавво (the first woman) · pt Eva (given name) · nb Eva (the first woman) · haw ʻEwa (given name) · ko 이브 (given name) · el Εύα (given name) · nrf Êve (given name) · ru Е́ва (given name) · nrf Êve (the first woman) · sh Eva (the first woman) · ga Éabha (given name) · fr Ève (the first woman) · sh Ева (given name) · chr ᎢᏫ (the first woman) · ms Hawa (given name) · is Eva (given name) · bn হাওয়া (given name) · yue 夏娃 (the first woman) · eo Evo (the first woman) · pa ਹੱਵਾ (the first woman) · cs Eva (the first woman) · he חַוָּה (given name) · nl Eva (given name) · ba Һауа (the first woman) · tk How (the first woman) · bo ཧ་ཝ (the first woman) · kmr Hawa (given name) · ta ஏவாள் (the first woman) · bn হাওয়া (the first woman) · sl Eva (the first woman) · be Е́ва (the first woman) · haw ʻEwa (the first woman) · got 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍅𐌰 (the first woman) · ja イヴ (the first woman) · sq Eva (given name) · ga Éabha (the first woman) · et Eeva (the first woman) · ky Обо (the first woman) · fi Eeva (given name) · fa حوا (the first woman) · ca Eva (given name) · my ဧဝ (the first woman) · cmn 伊芙 (given name) · lv Ieva (the first woman) · ms Hawa (the first woman) · cmn 厄娃 (the first woman) · ug ھەۋۋا (the first woman) · sv Eva (given name) · sga Eua (the first woman) · da Eva (the first woman) · no Eva (given name) · sv Eva (the first woman) · hy Եվա (given name) · cs Eva (given name) · cop ⲉⲩϩⲁ (the first woman) · ru Ив (given name) · kmr Hewa (the first woman) · mk Ева (the first woman) · tt Хаува (the first woman) · fo Eva (given name) · ja イブ (the first woman) · es Eva (given name) · az Həvva (the first woman) · hi हव्वा (the first woman) · tr Havva (given name) · fi Eeva (the first woman) · ar حَوَّاء (given name) · ko 하와 (the first woman) · it Eva (given name) · cmn 伊夫 (given name) · ha Hauwa (the first woman) · zdj Hawa (the first woman) · mn Ева (the first woman) · de Eva (the first woman) · my ဧဝ (given name) · pl Ewa (the first woman) · uk Є́ва (the first woman) · ha Hauwa (given name) · kk Хауа (the first woman) · he חַוָּה (the first woman) · hy Եվա (the first woman) · it Eva (the first woman) · lv Ieva (given name)