Eve was the first woman, formed by God as a companion for Adam — a help meet for him. Adam gave her the name Eve, the text explains, because she was the mother of all living: her name is the Hebrew word for life.
Her story holds both the sorrow of the fall and the first promise of redemption — for it was to Eve that God first spoke of the seed who would bruise the serpent's head. Every human life traces back to her.
Eve is short, luminous, and increasingly popular — a name that simply means life.
Variants & nicknames
Eva, Evie, Chava, Ava
Eve in the Bible
And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.