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Variant forms of the feminine first name ''Evelyn'' include: ''Evaline'', ''[[Evalyn]]'', ''Eveleen'', ''Evelien'', ''[[Evelin]]'', ''[[Evelina (given name)|Evelina]]'', ''Eveline'', ''[[Evelyne]]'' and ''Ewaline''. Some of these forms may (also) have arisen as diminutive forms of [[Eve (name)|Eve]].<ref name="Hanks-226">{{citation |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Hardcastle |authorlink1=Patrick Hanks |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |edition=2nd |series=Oxford Paperback Reference |year=2006 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |pages=95–96 }}.</ref><ref>[https://www.behindthename.com/name/eveleen Eveleen] at behindthename.com</ref> |
Variant forms of the feminine first name ''Evelyn'' include: ''Evaline'', ''[[Evalyn]]'', ''Eveleen'', ''Evelien'', ''[[Evelin]]'', ''[[Evelina (given name)|Evelina]]'', ''Eveline'', ''[[Evelyne]]'' and ''Ewaline''. Some of these forms may (also) have arisen as diminutive forms of [[Eve (name)|Eve]].<ref name="Hanks-226">{{citation |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Hardcastle |authorlink1=Patrick Hanks |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |edition=2nd |series=Oxford Paperback Reference |year=2006 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |pages=95–96 }}.</ref><ref>[https://www.behindthename.com/name/eveleen Eveleen] at behindthename.com</ref> |
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Evelyn is a popular name in the U.S., ranking #10 in 2018 and #9 in 2017. The name was most popular in the U.S. in the 1910s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://namekoala.com/baby-names/evelyn-6g22yxr|title=Evelyn - Name meaning, popularity, and rank|website=Name Koala|language=en|access-date=2019-10-07}}</ref> |
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==Persons with the given name== |
==Persons with the given name== |
Revision as of 22:34, 7 October 2019
Pronunciation | ev(ə)lin, eevlin |
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Gender | Unisex |
Origin | |
Word/name | from Norman French Aveline |
Region of origin | English language speaking areas |
Other names | |
Related names | Evelin, Evelina, Evelyne |
Evelyn is a given name in the English language, where it can be used as a first name or a surname.[1]
The name originally was used a surname, which derived from Aveline, a feminine Norman French diminutive of the name Ava.[2] Ava itself is a hypocoristic Germanic name, of uncertain origin.[3]
Evelyn is also sometimes used as an Anglicisation of the Irish or Aibhilín and Éibhleann.[4] Aibhilín (variant Eibhlín) is itself derived from the Norman French Aveline. Éibhleann (variant Éibhliu[1]), on the other hand, is said to be derived from the Old Irish óiph ("beauty"[5]).
Variant forms of the feminine first name Evelyn include: Evaline, Evalyn, Eveleen, Evelien, Evelin, Evelina, Eveline, Evelyne and Ewaline. Some of these forms may (also) have arisen as diminutive forms of Eve.[4][6]
Evelyn is a popular name in the U.S., ranking #10 in 2018 and #9 in 2017. The name was most popular in the U.S. in the 1910s.[7]
Persons with the given name
Women
- Evelyn M. Anderson (1899–1985), American physiologist and biochemist
- Evelyn Ankers (1918–1985), American actress
- Evelyn Ashford (born 1957), America female sprinter, gold medalist of the women's 100 meters running during the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Evelyn Margaret Ay (1933–2008), American beauty pageant winner (Miss America, 1954)
- Evelyn Vida Baxter (1879-1959), Scottish ornithologist
- Evelyn Berezin (1925–2018), American computer designer best known for designing the first computer-driven word processor
- Evelyn Booth (1897–1988), Irish botanist
- Evelyn Brent (1901–1975), American film and stage actress
- Evelyn Carrera (born 1971), Dominican Republic volleyball player
- Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1870–1960)
- Evelyn Cheesman (1882–1969), British entomologist and traveller
- Evelyn Colyer (1902–1930), British tennis player
- Evelyn Magruder DeJarnette (1842–1914), American author
- Evelyn De Morgan (1855–1919), English Pre-Raphaelite painter
- Evelyn Dove (1902–1987), British singer and actress
- Evelyn Everett-Green (1856–1932), English novelist
- Evelyn Finley (1916–1989), American actress and stuntwoman
- Evelyn Furtsch (1914–2015), American sprinter
- Evelyn García (born 1982), Salvadorian cyclist
- Evelyn Gigantes (born 1945), Canadian politician and Cabinet Minister
- Evelyn Gandy (1920–2007), American Lieutenant Governor of the state of Mississippi
- Evelyn Glennie (born 1965), Scottish virtuoso percussionist who has been deaf since age 12
- Evelyn Gleeson (1855–1944), English embroidery, carpet, and tapestry designer
- Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868–1956), English writer and biographer of Voltaire
- Evelyn Hatch (born 1869), English muse of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
- Evelyn Hart (born 1956), Canadian ballerina and principal dancer of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet
- Evelyn Hartley (born 1937) American missing woman who has been missing 1953
- Evelyn Holt (1908–2001), German film actress
- Evelyn Hooker (1907–1996), American psychologist most noted for her studies on homosexuality
- Evelyn Bryan Johnson (1909–2012), American pilot with a world record number of flying hours
- Evelyn Keyes (1916–2008), American actress most noted for her role as Suellen O'Hara in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind
- Evelyn "Champagne" King (born 1960), American R&B and disco singer
- Evelyn Lau (born 1971), Chinese-Canadian poet and novelist
- Evelyn Laye (1900–1996), British theatre actress
- Evelyn Lear (1926–2012), American soprano and opera singer
- Evelyn Lincoln (1909–1995), personal secretary to John F. Kennedy from his election to the Senate in 1953 until his 1963 assassination
- Evelyn Beatrice Longman (1874–1954), American sculptor elected as a full member of the National Academy of Design
- Evelyn Mase (1922–2004), South African nurse and first wife of Nelson Mandela
- Evelyn Matthei (born 1953), Chilean politician, former Minister of Labor and candidate for President of Chile in 2013
- Evelyn Nesbit (1884–1967), American model noted for her entanglement in the murder of her ex-lover by her first husband
- Evelyn Preer (1896–1932), African-American actress and blues singer
- Evelyn Reed (1905–1979), leading member of the American Socialist Workers Party and women's rights agitator
- Evelyn Sears (1875–1966), American tennis player
- Evelyn Selbie (1871–1950), American actress
- Evelyn Sharma (born 1986), German-Indian actress and model
- Evelyn Stevens (born 1983), American road cyclist
- Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland (1855–1908), American journalist, author and playwright
- Evelyn Thomas (born 1945), American disco singer
- Evelyn Tubb, English soprano and long-time member of The Consort of Musicke
- Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941), English writer on mysticism and metaphysical poet
- Evelyn Varden (1893–1958), American character actress
- Evelyn Verrasztó (born 1989), Hungarian swimmer
- Evelyn Wells (1899–1984), American biographer, especially of the ancient Egyptian royals
- Evelyn Whitaker (1844–1929), English children's writer,
- Evelyn Williams (artist) (1929–2012), British artist
- Evelyn Williamson (born 1971), New Zealand triathlon athlete
- Evelyn M. Witkin (born 1921), American geneticist
- Evelyn Wood (teacher) (1909–1995), American advocate of speed reading
- Evelyn Young (1915–1983), American film actress
- Evelyn Valerie Zangger (born 1980), Swiss singer-songwriter
Female variants
Eveleen
- Eveleen Myers (1856–1937), English photographer
- Eveleen Mary Weldon Severn (1882–1942), American philatelist
- SS Eveleen, a British coaster in service under this name 1920–43 and 1946–57
Evelien
- Evelien Bosmans (born 1989), Belgian actress
- Evelien Gerrits (born 1985), Dutch cricketer
- Evelien Koogje (born 1959), Dutch rower
Eveline
- Eveline Brunner (born 1996), Swiss figure skater
- Eveline Burgess (1856–1936), American chess player
- Eveline M. Burns (1900–1985), British-American economist, writer and instructor
- Eveline Crone (born 1975), Dutch neuroscientist
- Eveline Cruickshanks (born 1926), British historian
- Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1901–1990), German zoologist and drawer
- Eveline Fischer (born 1969), British video game music composer
- Éveline Gélinas (born 1974), Canadian actress
- Eveline de Haan (born 1976), Dutch field hockey player
- Eveline Hanska (c.1805–1882), Polish noblewoman, wife of Honoré de Balzac
- Eveline Hasler (born 1933), Swiss writer
- Eveline Herfkens (born 1952), Dutch civil servant, diplomat, and politician
- Eveline Hill (1898–1973), British Conservative Party politician
- Eveline Lowe (1869–1956), British politician
- Eveline MacLaren (1883–1955), Scottish lawyer
- Eveline Adelheid von Maydell (1890–1962), German silhouette artist
- Eveline Nünchert (born 1943), German chess player
- Eveline Peleman (born 1993), Belgian rower
- Eveline Peterson (born 1959), English badminton player
- Eveline Winifred Syme (born 1888–1961), Australian artist
- Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (born 1956), Swiss lawyer and politician
Men
- Evelyn Ashley (1836–1907), British barrister and Liberal politician
- Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841–1917), Consul-General of Egypt from 1883 to 1907
- Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale (1903–1973), Governor of Kenya from 1952 to 1959
- Evelyn Barker (1894–1983), British Army officer in World War I and II
- Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth (1819–1889), British horse breeder
- Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington (1800–1873), British statesman
- G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903–1991), British ecologist
- Evelyn King (politician) (1907–1994), British member of Parliament
- Evelyn Owen (1915–1949), Australian inventor of the Owen submachine gun
- Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull (c. 1655 – 1726)
- Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull (1711–1773)
- Evelyn Pierrepont (MP) (1775–1801), British Member of Parliament
- Evelyn de Rothschild (born 1931), British financier and member of the prominent Rothschild family
- Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset (1882–1954)
- Evelyn Shirley (1788–1856), British politician
- Evelyn Shirley (1812–1882), British politician, antiquary and genealogist
- Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1843–1906), English classical scholar
- Evelyn Stuart (1773–1842), British soldier and Tory politician
- Evelyn Pitfield Shirley Sturt (1815–1885), English-born Australian police magistrate
- Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966), English satirical novelist, whose first wife was also named Evelyn
- Evelyn Webb-Carter (born 1946), former advisor to Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and current Controller of the Army Benevolent Fund
- Evelyn Wood (British Army officer) (1838–1919), British Field marshal, Victoria Cross recipient
Persons with the surname
- Deborah Evelyn (born Deborah Evelyn Sochaczewski), Brazilian actress
- Edward Evelyn, 1st Baronet, Tory MP
- Edward Evelyn (footballer), Welsh athlete
- Frederick Evelyn, 3rd Baronet, English aristocrat
- George Evelyn (disambiguation), multiple people
- Gilbert Evelyn, English politician
- Hugh Evelyn, 5th Baronet, British naval officer
- John Evelyn (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- John Evelyn (1620–1706), English writer, gardener and diarist
- Judith Evelyn (born Judith Evelyn Morris), American actress
- Leya Evelyn, Canadian artist
- Lyndon Evelyn, Tory MP
- William Evelyn (disambiguation), multiple people
Fictional characters
- Evelyn Robin, the wife of Christopher Robin in Disney's "Christopher Robin"
- Evelyn Smythe, played by Maggie Stables in a series of audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions based on Doctor Who
- Evelyn Tremble, played by Peter Sellers in the James Bond satire Casino Royale
- Evelyn Cross Mulwray, played by Faye Dunaway in the classic noir film, Chinatown.
- Ted Evelyn Mosby, in How I Met Your Mother
- Evelyn Evelyn, conjoined twins Eva and Lyn who put their names together to form "Evelyn" so they can clear confusion.
- Evelyn Napier, a character from Downton Abbey, portrayed by Brendan Patricks.
- Evelyn Sharp/Artemis Crock, a fictional character from Arrow
- Evelyn Carnahan/O'Connell, sidekick and love interest in Stephen Sommers' reboot of The Mummy franchise.
- Evelyn Deavor, a character in Incredibles 2
- Evelyn Borden, a character in The Ring Series played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kayli Carter in flashbacks and Sissy Spacek onscreen
- Evelyn Shaw, a character in the TV series, 'Chuck'
See also
- Evelin, variant spelling
- Avelina, female first name
- Evelyn baronets, three titles created for members of the Evelyn family
References
- ^ a b Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 347, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 341, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. "from the Norman female name Aveline, an elaborated form of >Ava."
- ^ Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch (1847), 190 adduces OHG awa "flowing water" and Gothic awō "grandmother"
- ^ a b Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, pp. 95–96, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
- ^ eDIL s.v. oíb: "semblance, appearance, aspect, nature or condition (of things or abstracts)"; "beauty or attractiveness (of appearance, nature or disposition)".
- ^ Eveleen at behindthename.com
- ^ "Evelyn - Name meaning, popularity, and rank". Name Koala. Retrieved 2019-10-07.