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 Nil from film work. Eva Nil Eva Nil (25 June 1909 – 15 August 1990), born Eva Comello, was an Egyptian-born Brazilian film actress. Eva Comello was born in Cairo in 1909, the daughter of Ida Tonetti and Pedro Comello, both born in Italy. Her father was a photographer who became a filmmaker in Brazil after they immigrated in Eva's childhood. "Eva Nil" (also seen as Eva Nill), her chosen screen name, refers to her Egyptian birth, on the Nile River. Silent films featuring Eva Nil included "Valadião, o Cratera" (1925, "Valadião, the Crater", a short by Comello and his filmmaking