>>10336562David Lynch rejects explaining elements or meaning of his work too bro, doesn't mean it ain't present. I'm not particularly interested in the imagery of Eva beyond aesthetics and how it creates atmosphere but to fault others for trying to find meaning in it may as well just be anti-intellectualism. For example, Adam's counterpart being Lilith rather than Eve, the former having much more ambiguity associated with her. It's a conscious decision Anno made, there's nothing wrong with trying to understand why.
Plus the video in which he said he just picked the name cause it sounded cool was when he was talking to children.