Name: Evelyn
Gender: Female
Usage: Evelyn is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Evelyn are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, El Salvador, France, Germany, Ireland, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Evelyn across the world, see Aveline.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Evelyn is: Light, Life.
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Numerology of the first name Evelyn: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 11. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: charismatic, inspiring, dreamy, six-sensed, discerning.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Charismatic, Inspiring
Ruling planet: Moon
Colors: Green, Cream
Gemstones: Pearl, Jade, Moonstone
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The name Evelyn is ranked on the 462nd position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 1376900 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.019% of the population. The name Evelyn has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Evelyn for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Evelyn is 24 December.
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History and Origin
Evelyn is a name in the English language, where it can be used as a first name or a surname.
As a first name, it can refer to persons of either sex, although it is more commonly borne by females. The name originally was used a surname, which derived from Aveline, a feminine Norman French diminutive of the name Ava.
Evelyn is also sometimes used as an Anglicisation of the Irish or Aibhilín and Éibhleann. Aibhilín is a variant form of Eibhlín, which is also derived from the Norman French Aveline. Éibhleann, on the other hand, is said to be derived from the Old Irish óiph, which means "radiance", "beauty"; a variant of this name is Éibhliu, another Anglicised form of the name is Evilin. Another school of thought is that the name "Evelyn" means "hazelnut".
Variant forms of the feminine first name Evelyn include: Evelyne, Eveline, Evaline, Evylen, Eveleen.
English: modern use of this as both a female and a male given name seems to derive from an English surname, which is in turn derived from a Norman female name (see Aveline).
Variants: Evelyne, Eveline.
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