Meaning:ItssourceisChava,aHebrewnamemeaning"Life."

　　Languages:Thisgirl'snameisusedinGerman,Dutch,English,Hindi,Italian,Spanish,Hungarian,Russian,Polish,Czech,Norwegian,SwedishandDanish.

　　NicknameFor:Geneva

　　Nicknames:Evie

　　CompoundForms:EvamarieandEleanoreva

　　AlternativeSpellings:Evah

　　VariantForms:Ava,Evia,Evita,Evani,EvinaandEvaline

　　Non-EnglishForms:Jieva

　　SourceForms:Chava

　　Popularity:ThenameEvaranked256thinpopularityforfemalesofallagesinasampleof2000-2003SocialSecurityAdministrationstatisticsand140thinpopularityforfemalesofallagesinasampleofthe1990USCensus.

　　Thisnameishighlyratedinthe1990U.S.Censuspopularitysurveyofallages,butafter1960doesnotappearinthestatedatalistingthemostpopularbabynames.

　　Narrative:Chavacouldalsobeinterpretedtomean''livingbeing.''(AcorrespondentpointsoutitslinguisticconnectiontothejoyfulJewishblessingleChaim--''Tolife!'')

　　However,somescholarsciteanalternatesource--anotherHebrewexpressionmeaning''serpent.''

　　ThatsecondmeaningremindsusoftheBookofGenesisintheJewishscriptures.Chava(translatedasEve,EvaorAva)isthefirstwoman,mothertoallhumanity.Temptedbytheadviceofanevilserpent,shedisobeysGodbyeatingoftheTreeofKnowledge.SheconvincesherhusbandAdamtofollowsuit,andGodbanishesthemfromtheGardenofEden.

　　Duetothatancientstory,thisnamecanevokeacomplexofimages--rangingfromreveredmothertotemptresstoseekerofknowledge.

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