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 Perón body. The next day, after a final Mass, the coffin was laid on a gun carriage pulled by CGT officials. It was followed by Perón, his cabinet, Eva's family and friends, the delegates and representatives of the Partido Peronista Femenino—then workers, nurses and students of the Eva Peron Foundation. Flowers were thrown from balconies and windows. There were different interpretations of the popular mourning of Eva Perón's death. Some reporters viewed the mourning as authentic, others saw a public succumbing to another of the "passion plays" of the Peronist regime. "Time" magazine reported that the Peronist government enforced the observance