Eve
f.
A derivative of Hebrew חַוָּה 'to live, to give life'.
The name of the first woman in the Bible. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Eue.
In Ireland, the name is sometimes used to anglicize or Latinize Aoife.
- Czech Republic
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- Latin
- ● 1349 Ewa (nom) chlumecky 80,
Ewe (dat) ibid. 83;
1350 Eue (dat) ibid. 180;
1353 Ewe (dat) ibid. 138;
1356 Ewa (nom) ibid. 139,
Ewe (dat) ibid. 119;
1358 Ewe (dat) ibid. 212, p. 30
- ◑ 1356 Ewka (nom) chlumecky 154
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1189 Eva (nom) GASurv p. 127,
Eve (gen) ibid. p. 119;
1222 Eue (gen) StPaulDom p. 7;
1256 Eva (nom) EARNb p. 4,
Evam (acc) ibid. p. 6,
Evæ (gen) ibid. p. 6;
1340xc1450 Eua (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 6,
Eva (nom) ibid. p. 6;
1377 Eva (nom) FenPT-2 p. 5;
1381 Eva (nom) ibid. p. 11
- ◑ 1381 Evita (nom) FenPT-2 p. 6,
Evitta (nom) ibid. p. 8
- Early Modern English
- ● 1598 Eve BUmar-vol1 p. 27
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1180 Eve (gen) RotScaNor p. 4;
1301 Eva (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 202;
1378 Eva (abl) hanquetvol1 2485
- Old French
- ● 1133 Eve (obl) tailliar no. 1;
1301 Eve (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 290
- Middle French
- ● 1561 Eve RegPCC-1 p. 2;
1563 Eve ibid. p. 35;
1564 Eve ibid. p. 50;
1565 Eve ibid. p. 116;
1566 Eve ibid. p. 222;
1567 Eve ibid. p. 293;
1568 Eve ibid. p. 363
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1265x1339 Eva (nom) BBC-Berg 121
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Eve". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Eve.