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Evelina

Latinate form of Aveline.

PronunciationEnglish /ɛv.ə.ˈliː.nə/; Italian /e.ve.ˈli.na/; Swedish /ɛ.vɛ.ˈliː.na/; Russian /ɛ.vʲɪ.ˈlʲi.nə/
Usage languagesBulgarian, Dutch, English, Greek, Italian, Lithuanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
US rank (2025)#778

Meaning and history

Latinate form of Aveline, revived by the author Fanny Burney for the heroine of her first novel Evelina (1778). It is often regarded as a variant of the related name Evelyn or as an elaboration of Eve.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 61 births, rank #2,850
2007: 80 births, rank #2,368
2008: 76 births, rank #2,485
2009: 83 births, rank #2,338
2010: 95 births, rank #2,077
20112011: 113 births, rank #1,789
2012: 115 births, rank #1,782
2013: 141 births, rank #1,546
2014: 149 births, rank #1,493
2015: 175 births, rank #1,354
20162016: 206 births, rank #1,203
2017: 214 births, rank #1,154
2018: 194 births, rank #1,214
2019: 175 births, rank #1,307
2020: 165 births, rank #1,334
20212021: 187 births, rank #1,256
2022: 211 births, rank #1,152
2023: 213 births, rank #1,137
2024: 245 births, rank #1,027
20252025: 349 births, rank #778

Evelina rose from #839 to #778 for girls between 1908 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 349.