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