Aveline
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Aveline is a surname of Norman French origin, derived from a given name, a diminutive of Ava. The surname is in turn the origin of the given name Evelyn.
In modern French, aveline means hazelnut. This is derived from the name of the Italian city of Avella, via the botanical name of the common hazel, Corylus avellana.
People
- Surname
- Claude Aveline (1901-1992), French writer and poet
- Pierre Aveline (1656-1722), French engraver
- Antoine Aveline (1691-1743), French engraver, son of Pierre
- Pierre-Alexandre Aveline (1702-1760), French engraver, son of Pierre
- William Talbot Aveline (1822-1903), British geologist and archaeologist.
- Name
- Aveline de Forz (1259-1274), British countess
- Aveline de Grandpré, the protagonist of Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
Other
- Aveline's Hole, a cave in Somerset, England
- La Fée Aveline, a French comic by René Goscinny and Coq
See also
- Avelina, female first name