Eve Forename
9,594th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 106,847 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia
Eve Forename Definition:
A female name. Hebrew Chavva ‘life-giving’, the name of the first woman. The Jews seem not to have used it, but it is found in use in England from about the end of the 12th C, and gave rise to the surnames Eve,Eaves, &c. Eva is the Latin, Eve the vernacular form of the name.
Read More About This ForenameEve Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 29,008 | 1:12,498 | 1,237 |
| England | 100% | 8,802 | 1:6,317 | 602 |
| DR Congo | 95% | 8,060 | 1:9,160 | 963 |
| France | 100% | 7,471 | 1:8,897 | 611 |
| Uganda | 99% | 6,300 | 1:6,501 | 750 |
| Canada | 100% | 4,178 | 1:7,930 | 1,020 |
| Estonia | 100% | 3,983 | 1:330 | 57 |
| Congo | 98% | 2,495 | 1:2,008 | 324 |
| Kenya | 100% | 2,332 | 1:19,857 | 1,944 |
| Australia | - | 2,274 | 1:6,006 | 729 |
| Philippines | 89% | 2,186 | 1:48,495 | 3,581 |
| Nigeria | 81% | 2,095 | 1:84,756 | 5,061 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,791 | 1:21,232 | 747 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,730 | 1:7,860 | 1,235 |
| Argentina | 98% | 1,621 | 1:26,387 | 1,055 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,068 | 1:25,268 | 1,746 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 1,049 | 1:14,703 | 1,758 |
| Cameroon | 90% | 1,026 | 1:21,063 | 1,851 |
| New Zealand | - | 953 | 1:4,760 | 676 |
| Malawi | 95% | 952 | 1:17,975 | 1,665 |
| South Africa | 98% | 853 | 1:63,930 | 6,094 |
| Egypt | 100% | 781 | 1:117,671 | 5,155 |
| Belgium | 100% | 748 | 1:15,361 | 1,355 |
| Liberia | 98% | 670 | 1:6,585 | 708 |
| Germany | 100% | 644 | 1:150,121 | 2,664 |
| Israel | 51% | 603 | 1:13,935 | 1,546 |
| Gabon | 100% | 561 | 1:3,357 | 747 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 551 | 1:41,880 | 3,243 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 525 | 1:58,691 | 6,867 |
| Scotland | 100% | 513 | 1:10,430 | 710 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Zambia | - | 498 | 1:31,837 | 2,347 |
| Mali | 100% | 497 | 1:34,160 | 2,094 |
| China | - | 475 | 1:2,875,907 | 47,639 |
| Thailand | 100% | 470 | 1:149,076 | 10,937 |
| Morocco | - | 409 | 1:83,982 | 2,937 |
| Papua New Guinea | 85% | 392 | 1:20,797 | 2,077 |
| Ireland | 95% | 375 | 1:12,383 | 793 |
| Wales | 100% | 374 | 1:8,274 | 744 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 369 | 1:699,089 | 47,969 |
| Finland | 100% | 358 | 1:15,316 | 977 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 301 | 1:56,153 | 3,677 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 298 | 1:27,562 | 1,652 |
| Singapore | 100% | 279 | 1:22,534 | 4,225 |
| Brazil | 100% | 277 | 1:773,416 | 22,025 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 269 | 1:113,197 | 7,697 |
| Benin | 100% | 265 | 1:39,909 | 3,371 |
| Haiti | 100% | 248 | 1:43,254 | 2,980 |
| Sweden | 59% | 244 | 1:40,401 | 2,269 |
| Mexico | 87% | 243 | 1:510,882 | 5,685 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 237 | 1:222,736 | 8,869 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 210 | 1:50,483 | 2,017 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 204 | 1:51,134 | 3,395 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 186 | 1:4,683 | 564 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 134 | 1:243,459 | 5,741 |
| Norway | 100% | 129 | 1:39,785 | 1,802 |
| Paraguay | 95% | 129 | 1:56,099 | 1,951 |
| Hong Kong | - | 124 | 1:62,522 | 2,590 |
| Portugal | - | 111 | 1:93,792 | 2,607 |
| India | 93% | 103 | 1:11,794,932 | 335,073 |
| Spain | 100% | 95 | 1:489,789 | 6,280 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 91 | 1:2,969 | 499 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 86 | 1:213,715 | 9,356 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 80 | 1:377,524 | 11,070 |
| Russia | 96% | 79 | 1:1,825,743 | 12,705 |
| Guatemala | 67% | 78 | 1:206,518 | 3,090 |
| Italy | 99% | 77 | 1:793,014 | 7,365 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 76 | 1:17,913 | 2,234 |
| Senegal | 100% | 75 | 1:194,418 | 4,012 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Guyana | 100% | 73 | 1:10,456 | 1,567 |
| Malta | - | 68 | 1:6,314 | 764 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 68 | 1:8,543 | 891 |
| Suriname | 100% | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| Peru | 87% | 65 | 1:489,099 | 8,795 |
| Qatar | 100% | 61 | 1:38,846 | 5,076 |
| Denmark | - | 60 | 1:94,158 | 2,776 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 60 | 1:396,161 | 25,266 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 55 | 1:130,036 | 9,245 |
| Colombia | 100% | 49 | 1:975,080 | 11,246 |
| Greece | 100% | 46 | 1:237,708 | 4,477 |
| Chile | 92% | 39 | 1:451,467 | 5,727 |
| Japan | - | 36 | 1:3,555,168 | 24,492 |
| Botswana | 100% | 32 | 1:68,264 | 6,262 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 30 | 1:18,802 | 1,173 |
| Jersey | - | 28 | 1:3,571 | 499 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 25 | 1:73,726 | 1,362 |
| Austria | 100% | 25 | 1:340,568 | 3,811 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Saint Lucia | 95% | 23 | 1:7,731 | 1,158 |
| French Polynesia | - | 22 | 1:12,632 | 1,507 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 22 | 1:5,072 | 876 |
| Jamaica | - | 21 | 1:137,297 | 5,200 |
| Nicaragua | 90% | 18 | 1:334,352 | 6,829 |
| Barbados | - | 16 | 1:18,112 | 1,392 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 16 | 1:214,227 | 3,836 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 15 | 1:7,316 | 1,065 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| South Korea | - | 14 | 1:396,030 | 11,136 |
| Czechia | 100% | 12 | 1:888,014 | 3,257 |
| Ecuador | - | 12 | 1:1,477,243 | 9,675 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 11 | 1:1,613,350 | 13,838 |
| Tunisia | - | 11 | 1:61,537 | 2,905 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Algeria | - | 9 | 1:4,241,858 | 9,009 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Burundi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,811 | 1,077 |
| Grenada | 100% | 9 | 1:12,014 | 1,427 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Serbia | - | 8 | 1:893,215 | 5,853 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 7 | 1:681,135 | 8,843 |
| Lebanon | - | 7 | 1:803,939 | 7,854 |
| Macau | - | 7 | 1:86,887 | 752 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Panama | - | 6 | 1:651,093 | 16,250 |
| Romania | 100% | 6 | 1:3,341,996 | 26,471 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Guinea | - | 5 | 1:2,371,729 | 4,683 |
| Mauritius | - | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 5 | 1:1,062,013 | 3,906 |
| Anguilla | - | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Cambodia | - | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| El Salvador | - | 4 | 1:1,585,446 | 8,153 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Honduras | - | 4 | 1:2,204,367 | 17,261 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Albania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Hungary | 100% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Namibia | - | 3 | 1:801,393 | 11,859 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Latvia | 94% | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Akrotiri and Dhekelia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,795 | 134 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Ève (60), Evé (9), Evê (3), Evè (2) & Êve (1) are calculated separately.
Eve (10,756) may also be a surname.
Eve Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Hebrew Chavva ‘life-giving’, the name of the first woman. The Jews seem not to have used it, but it is found in use in England from about the end of the 12th C, and gave rise to the surnames Eve,Eaves, &c. Eva is the Latin, Eve the vernacular form of the name. It has been a favourite in Ireland, where it was used to represent the Celtic Aoiffe. Its revival in England in the 19th C was no doubt partly due to the popularity of Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852).
Eva Curia Regis Rolls 1199-1210, Hundred Rolls 1273, Feudal Aids 1303, 1346. Eve Feudal Aids 1284, 1486.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Hebrew (feminine) - Life.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Living, enlivening. The first woman, and the mother of all that live. Gen. iii. 20.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: life giver.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Life.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Eve Forename Popularity
Eve Demographics
Average Eve Salary in
United States
$45,842 USD
Per year
Rank:
172,260 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00757234
Rank: 1,225 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
105.31%
Sample size: 13,617 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Eve Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eve in the Russian language | ||
| Еве | eve | - |
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