Eva (name) continental Europe (particularly in Northern Europe after the Reformation). The Hebrew equivalent of Eva is חוה ("Ḥawwah," often anglicized as "Chava"), meaning "life". Eva (name) Eva is a female given name, the Latinate counterpart of English Eve, derived from a Hebrew name meaning "life" or "living one." It can also mean full of Life or mother of life. It is the standard biblical form of Eve in many European languages. Evita is a diminutive form of the Spanish name "Eva", most often referring to María Eva Duarte de Perón. During the 1990 United States Census, approximately 0.159 percent of females
Eva Neer psychologist Robert L. Helmreich , and cardiologist Robert M. Neer whom she married. Eva graduated as a physician at Columbia University in 1963. Three years later she joined Harvard University where she worked continuously for more than three decades. Eva Neer has been singled out for her "efforts to help women advance up the academic ladder". She died of complications from breast cancer in 2001, survived by her husband and two sons, Robert and Richard. A personal account of Eva Neer´s professional life was given by her close colleague David E. Clapham in an obituary note. Eva joined Harvard research