Girl · Germanic, through Norman French
Aveline
Say it: AV-uh-leen
Meaning
A Norman diminutive of the Germanic name Avila, of uncertain meaning; one source of the later name Evelyn.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Brought by the Normans and found in noble families.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 984 babies given this name since 1923
- At its height in 2016, about 1 in 9,900 girls
- 69 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Avelina
| French | Aveline |
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Famous bearers
- Aveline de Forz, wife of Edmund Crouchback
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Where this comes from
- Medieval European charters and records
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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