And the traditional liturgical feast of Saints Adam and Eve was celebrated on December 24 since the Middle Ages.

[citation needed] Eve is first found as a name being used in England in the 12th century.

As discussed in Kathleen M. Crowther's Adam and Eve in the Protestant Reformation: "The story of Adam and Eve, ubiquitous in the art and literature of the period, played a central role in the religious controversies of sixteenth-century Europe...

The story of Adam and Eve was of fundamental importance to sixteenth-century Protestant reformers who sought to ground Christian belief and salvation in the free grace of God..." In pre-Reformation England the usage of the name Eve was most commonly associated with Jews, who used the form of Chavah/Havah.

The name in the form of Haya[1] (also spelled Haiya, Chaya, or less commonly, Kaya[2]) and Haim are also derived from the root of Chavah/Havah; all variations being commonly found throughout the world, especially the Middle East, to this day.