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Evelyn (F)>

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.