Details for the forename Evelyn

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Evelyn (female)


Variants:	Aileen (F) Aveline (F) Eileen (F) Evaline (F) Ivilina (F)
Pet Name(s):	Evie (F)
Derivative(s):	Eileen (F) Evelina (F)
Derivative of:	Avila (F) Eve (F)
Can be spelt:	Eveline (F) Evelyne (F)
Masculine form:	Evelyn (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG Personal communication [MG]; Chambers Dictionary (2003)
Notes:	English, from the surname, itself derived from a Norman female name from the Old Germanic Avila and is a variant of Aveline. Chambers suggests that Evelyn may also have arisen as a pet name/diminutive for Eve. Evelina appears to be a Latinate version of Evelyn. A correspondent [MG] has noted that scholarly sources now consider that Eileen is derived from Aveline/Evelyn.