Chava
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning life; a form of Eve.
Chava by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Chava. In the US, 95 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 111 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Eve
Like Chava, each of these traces back to Eve: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Evielife; from Eve1,129 in England and Wales (2025)
- Evelife; living159 in England and Wales (2025)
- Everlife; a modern respelling of Eve215 in the US (2017)
- Hawwaliving or alive; form of Eve98 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eveylife; diminutive or variant of Eve48 in the US (2017)
- Evylife; diminutive or variant of Eve48 in the US (2017)
- Evettelife-giver; a form of Eve or Yvette39 in the US (2017)
- Eevielife; a form of Eve or Evie7 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Chava. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean life
Like Chava, each of these has life in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Chava
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