Evita
A girls’ name of Spanish origin, meaning lively; a form of Eva.
Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Evita by the numbers
Evita was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 210 babies in 1981, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Eva
Like Evita, each of these traces back to Eva: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Evaleelife; a form of Eva or Evelyn with suffix -lee72 in the US (2017)
- Eviannagracious; a blend of Eva and Anna55 in the US (2017)
- Evannagracious; a form of Evan or Eva21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Evanalife giver; a form of Eva42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Evamarielife and beloved; a combined form of Eva and Marie33 in the US (2017)
- Eabharadiance, splendor; Irish form of Eva24 in England and Wales (2025)
- Evahliving; life-giving; variant of Eva23 in the US (2017)
- Yevaspelling variant of Eva or Yeva; life7 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Evita. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Evia4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elita4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Evika3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elizagod is my oath; short form of Elizabeth712 in England and Wales (2025)
- Edithblessed riches or wealthy in war390 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elisagod is my oath; form of elizabeth113 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean life
Like Evita, each of these has life in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Evita
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