English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːvə, can also be said ay-va

Proper noun

1. A given name, latinate form of Eve. It has been used to anglicize Aoife in Ireland and Scotland.

Related terms

• Ava, Eve, Evetta, Evette, Evia, Eviana, Evie, Evita

Czech

Proper noun

1. Eve.
2. A given name.

Danish

Proper noun

1. Eve.
2. A given name.

German

Proper noun

1. Eve.
2. A given name. Pet form: Evchen.

Icelandic

Proper noun

1. Eve.
2. A given name

Derived terms

• Adam og Eva

Norwegian

Proper noun

1. Eve.
2. A given name.

Related terms

• Evelyn, Evy.

Spanish

Proper noun

1. Eve
2. A given name

Quotations

• 1602 — La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 3:20''

  Y llamó el hombre el nombre de su mujer, Eva; por cuanto ella era madre de todos los vivientes.

Swedish

Proper noun

1. Eve.
2. A given name.

Related terms

• Evelina, Evy

• Eva (name), a given name for women
• Eva (given name), a list of people with the name Eva

In business and economics

• Earned Value Analysis, a measurement of project progress
• Economic value added, the value of an activity that is left over after subtracting from it the cost of executing that activity

In science

• Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate, a polymer used to absorb physical shock used in athletic materials. Commonly referred to as EVA soles in shoe gear.
• EVA (benchmark), an evaluation of automated protein structure prediction
• Electric vacuum aspiration, form of suction-aspiration abortion using an electric pump that creates suction
• Extra-vehicular activity, work done by an astronaut away from the Earth and outside of his or her spacecraft
• 164 Eva, an asteroid

In entertainment

• Eva (film), a 1948 Swedish film
• Eva (magazine), a Norwegian magazine
• Eva (book), a 1988 book by Peter Dickinson
• Neon Genesis Evangelion, an anime and manga series referred to as "Eva"
  • Evangelion (mecha), from Neon Genesis Evangelion, also commonly referred to as "Eva"

In music

• Eva (song), a single by Nightwish
• Eva (album), an album by French metal band Malmonde
• Eva (opera), an opera by Josef Bohuslav Foerster

In gaming

• EVA/Big Mama the Love interest of the hero of Metal Gear Solid 3 and assistant of the hero of Metal Gear Soild 4
• Electronic Video Agent, a technology in the video game Command and Conquer
• EVA, an armor permutation in the video game Halo 3

Associations

• English Volleyball Association, the former name of the controlling body for volleyball in England
• European Vending Association, a trade organization for the vending machine industry

Other uses

• EVA Air, a Taiwan based airline
• European Voynich Alphabet, romanization system for graphemes of the Voynich manuscript
• EVA Conferences, series of interdisciplinary conferences in Europe and around the world
• Eva, Alabama, a U.S. town
• Eva, Tennessee, a U.S. community
• Eva (archaeological site) — An archaeological site near Eva, Tennessee

• EVA Storage, Enterprise Virtual Array storage solution by Hewlett-Packard http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/eva/index.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN