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Estonian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Eeva
- Eve (wife of Adam)
- a female given name of biblical origin (more common in the form Eva)
Related terms
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Latin Ē̆va, from Ancient Greek Εὔᾱ (Eúā), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā́).
Proper noun
[edit]Eeva
- a female given name, equivalent to English Eve
- 1986, Vuokko Tolonen, Lastenhuone, Otava, →ISBN, page 109:
- ―Miks ton likan nimi on Eeva?
- Why's that girl called Eeva?
- Eve (wife of Adam)
- 1933, Bible, Genesis 3:20:
- Ja mies antoi vaimolleen nimen Eeva, sillä hänestä tuli kaiken elävän äiti.
- And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
Usage notes
[edit]- One of the most popular female names in Finland since the Reformation.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Eeva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Eeva | Eevat | |
genitive | Eevan | Eevojen | |
partitive | Eevaa | Eevoja | |
illative | Eevaan | Eevoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Eeva | Eevat | |
accusative | nom. | Eeva | Eevat |
gen. | Eevan | ||
genitive | Eevan | Eevojen Eevain rare | |
partitive | Eevaa | Eevoja | |
inessive | Eevassa | Eevoissa | |
elative | Eevasta | Eevoista | |
illative | Eevaan | Eevoihin | |
adessive | Eevalla | Eevoilla | |
ablative | Eevalta | Eevoilta | |
allative | Eevalle | Eevoille | |
essive | Eevana | Eevoina | |
translative | Eevaksi | Eevoiksi | |
abessive | Eevatta | Eevoitta | |
instructive | — | Eevoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
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Related terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- Eeva is the 27th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 20,073 female individuals (and as a middle name to 6,038 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Etymology 2
[edit]From a Karelian vernacular form of the Eastern Orthodox name Ieva, from Russian Евфимий (Jevfimij).[1]
Proper noun
[edit]Eeva
- a Finnish surname
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Eeva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Eeva | Eevat | |
genitive | Eevan | Eevojen | |
partitive | Eevaa | Eevoja | |
illative | Eevaan | Eevoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Eeva | Eevat | |
accusative | nom. | Eeva | Eevat |
gen. | Eevan | ||
genitive | Eevan | Eevojen Eevain rare | |
partitive | Eevaa | Eevoja | |
inessive | Eevassa | Eevoissa | |
elative | Eevasta | Eevoista | |
illative | Eevaan | Eevoihin | |
adessive | Eevalla | Eevoilla | |
ablative | Eevalta | Eevoilta | |
allative | Eevalle | Eevoille | |
essive | Eevana | Eevoina | |
translative | Eevaksi | Eevoiksi | |
abessive | Eevatta | Eevoitta | |
instructive | — | Eevoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Statistics
[edit]- The surname Eeva belongs to 244 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
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- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian female given names
- et:Biblical characters
- et:Individuals
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eːʋɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/eːʋɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish terms with quotations
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Finnish terms derived from Russian
- Finnish surnames
- fi:Biblical characters
- fi:Individuals