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From Middle English Eve, Eue, from Old English Ēua, Ēfe, from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).

A pun on eavesdropper.

Either a variant of Eaves or a matronymic from the given name.

From a variant of the Middle English noun even (itself from Old English ǣfen), with a pre-1200 loss of the terminal '-n', which was mistaken for an inflection. See also the now archaic or poetic even (“evening”), from the same source. In medieval Europe, days were considered to extend from sunset to sunset rather than midnight to midnight, so the night before a holiday was considered part of it, hence its "eve".

217 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Eva — the first woman
• Arabic: حَوَّاء (ḥawwāʔ) — the first woman
• Aramaic: ܚܘܐ — the first woman
• Armenian: Եվա — the first woman
• Azerbaijani: Həvva — the first woman
• Bashkir: Һауа (Hawa) — the first woman
• Belarusian: Е́ва (Jéva) — the first woman
• Bengali: হাওয়া (haōẇa) — the first woman
• Bengali: হবা (hoba) — the first woman
• Bulgarian: Е́ва (Éva) — the first woman
• Burmese: ဧဝ (ewa.) — the first woman
• Cherokee: ᎢᏫ (iwi) — the first woman
• Chinese Cantonese: 夏娃 (haa6 waa1) — the first woman
• Chinese: Хэва (Heva) — the first woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 夏娃 (Xiàwá) — the first woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 厄娃 (Èwá) — the first woman
• Ngazidja Comorian: Hawa — the first woman
• Coptic: ⲉⲩϩⲁ (euha) — the first woman
• Czech: Eva — the first woman
• Danish: Eva — the first woman
• Dutch: Eva — the first woman
• Esperanto: Evo — the first woman
• Estonian: Eeva — the first woman
• Faroese: Eva — the first woman
• Finnish: Eeva — the first woman
• French: Ève — the first woman
• Georgian: ევა (eva) — the first woman
• German: Eva — the first woman
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍅𐌰 (aiwwa) — the first woman
• Greek: Εύα (Éva) — the first woman
• Ancient Greek: Εὔα (Eúa) — the first woman
• Hausa: Hauwa — the first woman
• Hawaiian: ʻEwa — the first woman
• Hebrew: חַוָּה (khavá) — the first woman
• Hindi: हव्वा (havvā) — the first woman
• Hungarian: Éva — the first woman
• Indonesian: Hawa — the first woman
• Irish: Éabha — the first woman
• Old Irish: Eua — the first woman
• Italian: Eva — the first woman
• Japanese: イブ (Ibu) — the first woman
• Japanese: イヴ (Ivu) — the first woman
• Kazakh: Хауа (Xaua) — the first woman
• Korean: 하와 (Hawa) — the first woman
• Northern Kurdish: Hewa — the first woman
• Kyrgyz: Обо (Obo) — the first woman
• Latin: Eva — the first woman
• Latvian: Ieva — the first woman
• Lithuanian: Ievà — the first woman
• Macedonian: Ева — the first woman
• Malay: Hawa — the first woman
• Maltese: Eva — the first woman
• Manx: Aaue — the first woman
• Marathi: हव्वा (havvā) — the first woman
• Middle English: Eve — the first woman
• Mongolian: Ева (Jeva) — the first woman
• Norman: Êve — the first woman
• Norwegian Bokmål: Eva — the first woman
• Pashto: حوا (hawã) — the first woman
• Persian: حوا (havvâ) — the first woman
• Polish: Ewa — the first woman
• Portuguese: Eva — the first woman
• Punjabi: ਹੱਵਾ (havvā) — the first woman
• Punjabi: ਹਵਾ (havā) — the first woman
• Punjabi: ਈਵ (īva) — the first woman
• Romanian: Eva — the first woman
• Russian: Е́ва (Jéva) — the first woman
• Scottish Gaelic: Eubha — the first woman
• Serbo-Croatian: Ева — the first woman
• Serbo-Croatian: Eva — the first woman
• Sinhalese: ඒව (ēwa) — the first woman
• Slovak: Eva — the first woman
• Slovene: Eva — the first woman
• Spanish: Eva — the first woman
• Swahili: Hawa — the first woman
• Swedish: Eva — the first woman
• Tagalog: Eba — the first woman
• Tajik: Ҳавво (Havvo) — the first woman
• Tamil: ஏவாள் (ēvāḷ) — the first woman
• Tatar: Хаува (Xawwa) — the first woman
• Thai: อีฟ (èef) — the first woman
• Thai: เอวา (wao) — the first woman
• Tibetan: ཧ་ཝ (ha wa) — the first woman
• Turkish: Havva — the first woman
• Turkmen: How — the first woman
• Ukrainian: Є́ва (Jéva) — the first woman
• Ukrainian: Е́ва (Éva) — the first woman
• Uyghur: ھەۋۋا (hewwa) — the first woman
• Uzbek: Havvo — the first woman
• Vietnamese: Ê-va — the first woman
• Welsh: Efa — the first woman
• Yiddish: חווה (khave) — the first woman
• Zazaki: Hewa — the first woman
• Albanian: Eva — given name
• Amharic: ሕይዋን (ḥəywan) — given name
• Arabic: حَوَّاء (ḥawwāʔ) — given name
• Arabic: أِيف (ʔīf) — given name
• Armenian: Եվա — given name
• Belarusian: Е́ва (Jéva) — given name
• Bengali: হাওয়া (haōẇa) — given name
• Burmese: ဧဝ (ewa.) — given name
• Catalan: Eva — given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 夏娃 (Xiàwá) — given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 伊夫 (Yīfū) — given name
• Czech: Eva — given name
• Danish: Eva — given name
• Dutch: Eva — given name
• Estonian: Eva — given name
• Ewe: Xawa — given name
• Faroese: Eva — given name
• Finnish: Eeva — given name
• French: Ève — given name
• Galician: Eva — given name
• German: Eve — given name
• German: Eva — given name
• Greek: Εύα (Éva) — given name
• Greek: Εύη (Évi) — given name
• Ancient Greek: Εὕα (Heúa) — given name
• Hausa: Hauwa — given name
• Hawaiian: ʻEwa — given name
• Hebrew: חַוָּה (khavá) — given name
• Hindi: ईव (īv) — given name
• Hungarian: Éva — given name
• Icelandic: Eva — given name
• Indonesian: Hava — given name
• Irish: Éabha — given name
• Italian: Eva — given name
• Japanese: イブ (Ibu) — given name
• Japanese: イヴ (Ivu) — given name
• Korean: 이브 (Ibeu) — given name
• Northern Kurdish: Hawa — given name
• Latin: Eva — given name
• Latvian: Ieva — given name
• Lithuanian: Ievà — given name
• Malay: Hawa — given name
• Norman: Êve — given name
• Norwegian: Eva — given name
• Polish: Ewa — given name
• Portuguese: Eva — given name
• Punjabi: ਈਵ (īva) — given name
• Russian: Е́ва (Jéva) — given name
• Russian: Ив (Iv) — given name
• Scottish Gaelic: Eubha — given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Ева — given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Eva — given name
• Slovak: Eva — given name
• Upper Sorbian: Jěwa — given name
• Spanish: Eva — given name
• Swedish: Eva — given name
• Turkish: Havva — given name
• Zazaki: Hewa — given name
• Albanian: prag — day or night before
• Armenian: նախօրյակ (naxōryak) — day or night before
• Armenian: նախօրե (naxōre) — day or night before
• Armenian: ճրագալույց (čragaluycʻ) — day or night before
• Azerbaijani: qabaq — day or night before
• Azerbaijani: ərəfə — day or night before
• Bulgarian: навечерие (navečerie) — day or night before
• Catalan: vigília — day or night before
• Chinese Mandarin: 前夕 (qiánxī) — day or night before
• Chinese Mandarin: 前夜 (qiányè) — day or night before
• Czech: předvečer — day or night before
• Dutch: vooravond — day or night before
• Dutch: vigilie — day or night before
• Esperanto: antaŭvespero — day or night before
• Finnish: aatto — day or night before
• French: veille — day or night before
• Friulian: vilie — day or night before
• Galician: véspera — day or night before
• German: Vorabend — day or night before
• Greek: παραμονή (paramoní) — day or night before
• Hebrew: עֶרֶב ('érev) — day or night before
• Hungarian: előeste — day or night before
• Ingrian: aatto — day or night before
• Irish: oíche — day or night before
• Irish: oíche cheann féile — day or night before
• Italian: vigilia — day or night before
• Japanese: 前夜 (zen'ya) — day or night before
• Ladin: ueia — day or night before
• Ladin: vea — day or night before
• Ladin: vëia — day or night before
• Ladino: arba — day or night before
• Latin: vesper — day or night before
• Latvian: priekšvakars — day or night before
• Ligurian: vigília — day or night before
• Lithuanian: i̇̀švakarės — day or night before
• Lombard: vigília — day or night before
• Maltese: lejliet — day or night before
• Norwegian Bokmål: aften — day or night before
• Old English: ǣfen — day or night before
• Piedmontese: vigilia — day or night before
• Polish: wigilia — day or night before
• Polish: przeddzień — day or night before
• Portuguese: véspera — day or night before
• Romanian: ajun — day or night before
• Romanian: preziuă — day or night before
• Russian: кану́н (kanún) — day or night before
• Serbo-Croatian: предвечерје — day or night before
• Serbo-Croatian: предвече — day or night before
• Serbo-Croatian: predvečerje — day or night before
• Serbo-Croatian: predveče — day or night before
• Spanish: víspera — day or night before
• Spanish: vigilia — day or night before
• Spanish: trasnochada — day or night before
• Swedish: afton — day or night before
• Tagalog: bisperas — day or night before
• Turkish: arefe — day or night before
• Turkish: akşam — day or night before
• Ukrainian: передде́нь (pereddénʹ) — day or night before
• Urdu: رات (rāt) — day or night before
• Volapük: büsoar — day or night before
• Albanian: pragu — period of time when something is about to happen
• Azerbaijani: qabaq — period of time when something is about to happen
• Azerbaijani: ərəfə — period of time when something is about to happen
• Malay: ambang — period of time when something is about to happen
• Russian: кану́н (kanún) — period of time when something is about to happen
• Russian: преддве́рие (preddvérije) — period of time when something is about to happen