Eve Name Meaning & Origin
Eve
Origin of the name Eve:
Derived from the Hebrew Chava (life), which is from hawwah (life). The name is borne in the Bible by the first woman, "the mother of all the living."
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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The story of Adam and Eve.
Means Life, living, lively- Famous real-life people named Eve
Eve Arden, American actress
Eve Plumb, American actress
Eve Ensler, American playwright and performer
Eve, American rapper and hip-hop artist
Eve Myles, Welsh actress
Eve Bunting, American poet
Eve Julia Tambor (b. 2006), daughter of American actor, voice artist, and comedian Jeffrey Tambor
Eve Augusta Gavigan (b. 2010), daughter of American actress Jessica Capshaw- Eve in song, story & screen
Eve Harrington, the title deceitful title character in the classic film drama All About Eve
"The Three Faces of Eve", title of a book and subsequent film starring Joanne Woodward.
Eve, the first woman, from the Bible
Eve, Mother of All Monsters, in CW's "Supenatural", an antogonist played by Julia Maxwell
E.V.E - or Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator, is the name of the love interest for WALL-E the main character in the Pixar movie. WALL-E pronounced it Ee-vah.
Eve Genoard - (Dallas Genoard's younger sister) from the anime Baccano!
Colonel Eve Baird - "The Librarians"
Eve Baxter- “Last Man Standing” television show
Eve Polastri - MI6 agent and main character of the show "Killing Eve"