Eva
Meaning and origin
Latin Eva, from Hebrew. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1472.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Eva (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Eva has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 18 |
| 1999 | 16 |
| 2000 | 16 |
| 2001 | 19 |
| 2002 | 15 |
| 2003 | 19 |
| 2004 | 16 |
| 2005 | 14 |
| 2006 | 23 |
| 2007 | 22 |
| 2008 | 28 |
| 2009 | 36 |
| 2010 | 24 |
| 2011 | 26 |
| 2012 | 31 |
| 2013 | 36 |
| 2014 | 37 |
| 2015 | 35 |
| 2016 | 41 |
| 2017 | 76 |
| 2018 | 83 |
| 2019 | 77 |
| 2020 | 81 |
| 2021 | 73 |
| 2022 | 73 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 101,851 |
| 2000 | 100,294 |
| 2001 | 98,858 |
| 2002 | 97,423 |
| 2003 | 95,976 |
| 2004 | 94,561 |
| 2005 | 93,265 |
| 2006 | 92,055 |
| 2007 | 91,244 |
| 2008 | 90,396 |
| 2009 | 89,576 |
| 2010 | 88,509 |
| 2011 | 87,667 |
| 2012 | 86,748 |
| 2013 | 85,788 |
| 2014 | 84,963 |
| 2015 | 84,100 |
| 2016 | 83,197 |
| 2017 | 82,299 |
| 2018 | 81,420 |
| 2019 | 80,413 |
| 2020 | 79,365 |
Eva in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Eva.Hi! My name is Eva.
- Eva bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Eva lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Eva kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Eva is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Evas mamma är lärare.Eva's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Evas mamma is Eva's mum.
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Questions about Eva
How do you pronounce Eva in Swedish?
In IPA, Eva is /²eːva/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Eva mean?
Latin Eva, from Hebrew. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1472.
How popular is Eva in Sweden?
73 babies were named Eva in 2022. In 2020, 79,365 people in Sweden had Eva as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2018 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.