Irish Baby Name · Girl

Eve

Pronounced: EEV

Meaning: Beauty, radiance

About the name

Origin
Irish
Variants
Aoife, Eva
Stronghold region
All-Ireland

Overview

An anglicisation of Aoife widely used in Ireland and the diaspora.

The story behind Eve

Often given to Irish girls as the easier-to-pronounce equivalent of Aoife.

Mythology & legend

Non-mythological; biblical name.

Did you know?

Used in Ireland as the Anglicised form of Aoife as well as in its biblical sense.

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