Eva is a ♀ girl’s name.
Eva is a variant of the biblical name Eve in many different languages. It derived from the Hebrew name Chawwah (חַוָּה). She is the first human along with Adam. In Scotland and Ireland, Eva is considered an Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Aoife.
Eva means “life”, “living one”, “source of life” or “mother of life” (from Hebrew “haya/הָיָה” = to be/to exist or “kháy/חַי” = to live/alive). Besides, Eva means “beauty” or “radiance” (from Gaelic “aoibh”).
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