Ieva
Ieva is a Latvian, Lithuanian, and dialectal Finnish given name, counterpart of English Eve, derived from a Hebrew name meaning "life" or "living one". It can also mean full of life or mother of life. It is the standard biblical form of Eve in many European languages.
- Lithuanian
- Latvian
Meaning & Origin of Ieva
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ieva is a Latvian, Lithuanian, and dialectal Finnish given name, counterpart of English Eve, derived from a Hebrew name meaning "life" or "living one". It can also mean full of life or mother of life. It is the standard biblical form of Eve in many European languages.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Lithuanian
- Latvian
The Story of Ieva
The earliest SSA record of Ieva as a baby girl name dates back to 1999, when 5 babies received it. 2008 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Ieva — #8,965 in the national rankings. About 79% of every Ieva on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Ieva last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 53 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Ieva
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Ieva Adomavičiūtė (born 1994), Lithuanian rower
- Ieva Andrejevaitė (born 1988), Lithuanian actress
- Ieva Budraitė (born 1992), Lithuanian politician, green leader
- Ieva Gaile (born 1997), Latvian figure skater
- Ieva Ilvesa (born 1977), Latvian politician and cybersecurity expert; former First Lady of Estonia
- Ieva Kokoreviča (born 1985), Latvian former beauty pageant contestant
- Ieva Krusta (born 1976), Latvian curler
- Ieva Kubliņa (born 1982), Latvian basketball player
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About the name Ieva
Ieva is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 53 births in the dataset. Ieva's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #8,965. Use the chart and map above to compare Ieva's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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