Girl · Norman, through Latin
Evelina
Say it: ev-uh-LEE-nuh
Meaning
A Latinized form of the Norman name Aveline, of uncertain origin.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Fanny Burney's novel Evelina (1778) gave it currency.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 5,156 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1887, about 1 in 8,100 girls
- 165 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Evelina Anville, heroine of Fanny Burney's novel
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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