Eva is the Latin form of Eve, from the Hebrew Chavah, and means "life" or "living one"; in the Bible Eve is the first woman and the mother of all the living. The name is used across Europe and is especially common in Spain, Germany and the Netherlands. In the United States Eva climbed from number 294 in 2000 into the top 100 in 2009, peaked at number 73 in 2017 and sits at number 134 in 2025.