Eva

חַוָּה

• Gender: Female
• Origin: Biblical English
• Meaning: to live

• Eva is an international form of the biblical Eve, Chava in Hebrew, the first woman and the mother of all living. It is a name that carries the profound depth of human beginnings while sounding as polished and contemporary as anything on the charts today. Few names can claim to represent the very origin of life itself, and Eva does it with remarkable grace.

  French actress Eva Green, who starred as the iconic Bond girl in Casino Royale, carries Sephardic Jewish heritage through her Algerian-born mother. Effortlessly chic and border-crossing, Eva sounds equally stunning in English, Spanish, German, and Hebrew. Three letters that pack centuries of meaning into a sleek, modern silhouette. The origin story of all origin stories, distilled into a name you never get tired of saying.

• Alternate Spellings: Ava
• Hebrew Equivalent:
  Chava
• Potential Sibling Name:
  Joelle
  ,
  Eliza
  ,
  Caleb
  ,
  Levi
• Theme: life