Meaning and history
Éva is a form of Eve used in various languages; it appears in the Latin translation of the New Testament, while Hava is used in the Latin Old Testament. Notable bearers include the Argentine first lady Eva Perón (1919–1952), who inspired the musical Evita, and Little Eva from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), whose real name is Evangeline. It is also an alternate transcription of Russian Ева (see Yeva).
Eva moved from #120 to #134 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1918, with 4,563 births.