Details for the forename Aveline

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Aveline (female)


Variants:	Evaline (F) Evelyn (F)
Derivative(s):	Eileen (F) Evelyn (M)
Derivative of:	Avila (F) Avis (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG Personal communication [MG]
Notes:	English; the original Norman French form of Evaline and Evelyn. ONC notes that it "seems to represent an Old French diminutive of the Germanic name Avila, related to Avis. A correspondent [MG] has noted that scholarly sources now consider that Eileen is derived from Aveline via Evelyn.