Eeva

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Eeva is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Spain, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Eéva

• French given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Finland, Belgium

  Also written Eéva, Eèva, Èĕvá, Ëeva

• Russian given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Russia

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Ээва, Еева, Еёва, Éeva

33 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Eeva is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Eeva är en finsk stavning av → Eva.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Estonian, Eve (wife of Adam)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Eeva Joenpeltob. 1921FIFinnish writer (1921-2004)
• Eeva Kauppib. 1921FIFinnish politician
• Kyllikki Virolainenb. 1924FInot in their usual nameFinnish politician and journalist (1924–2009)
• Eeva Kilpib. 1928FIFinnish author and poet (1928–2026)
• Eeva Ruoppab. 1932FIcross-country skier
• Eeva Ahtisaarib. 1936FIFinnish history teacher, First Lady
• Eeva Tikkab. 1939FIFinnish writer
• Eva Polttilab. 1946FInot in their usual nameFinnish journalist and news presenter
• Eeva Putrob. 1978FIFinnish film actor, actor and stage actor
• Eeva Kallib. 1981FIFinnish politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Eeva mean, and where does it come from?

a female given name, equivalent to English Eve Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What are other forms of the name Eeva?

In the etymology graph, Eva, Havva and Hava are forms of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Eeva?

In Finnish /ˈeːʋɑ/ (Wiktionary).

Is Eeva a male or female name?

Eeva is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: Finland (DVV), United States (Census Bureau, 2020) and Estonia (Statistics Estonia).

In which country does Eeva have the most bearers?

In Finland, the national register counted about 25 thousand people named Eeva, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled eeva.

Where is Eeva most common?

Eeva is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 225 people carrying it.

How common is the name Eeva?

In Finland, the national register counted 24,737 people named Eeva, about 1 in 225 residents.

How common is Eeva compared with other names?

In Finland, Eeva is the 106th most common given name of 19,056 given names recorded there.