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'''''Evelyn''''' is a given name in the English language, where it can be used as a [[given name|first name]] or a [[surname]].<ref name="Hanks-347">{{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 |page=347 }}.</ref>
'''''Evelyn''''' I HATE EVELYN is a given name in the English language, where it can be used as a [[given name|first name]] or a [[surname]].<ref name="Hanks-347">{{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 |page=347 }}.</ref>


The name originally was used a surname, which derived from [[Aveline]], a feminine [[Norman French]] [[diminutive]] of the name [[Ava (given name)|Ava]].<ref name="Hanks-341">{{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 |page=341 }}. "from the Norman female name Aveline, an elaborated form of >Ava." </ref>
The name originally was used a surname, which derived from [[Aveline]], a feminine [[Norman French]] [[diminutive]] of the name [[Ava (given name)|Ava]].<ref name="Hanks-341">{{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 |page=341 }}. "from the Norman female name Aveline, an elaborated form of >Ava." </ref>

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For other uses, see Evelyn.
Evelyn
Pronunciationev(ə)lin, eevlin
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/namefrom Norman French Aveline
Region of originEnglish language speaking areas
Other names
Related namesEvelin, Evelina, Evelyne

Evelyn I HATE 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]

Persons with the given name

Women

Female variants

Eveleen

Evelien

Eveline


Men


Persons with the surname

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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."
  3. ^ Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch (1847), 190 adduces OHG awa "flowing water" and Gothic awō "grandmother"
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ eDIL s.v. oíb: "semblance, appearance, aspect, nature or condition (of things or abstracts)"; "beauty or attractiveness (of appearance, nature or disposition)".
  6. ^ Eveleen at behindthename.com
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