ÉVelyne

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French form of EVELINA.

EVELINA   female   English, Italian, Swedish
Latinate form of AVELINE. It was 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 an elaboration of EVE.
AVELINE   female   English (Rare)
From the Norman French form of the Germanic name Avelina, a diminutive of AVILA. The Normans introduced this name to Britain. After the Middle Ages it became rare as an English name, though it persisted in America until the 19th century.
AVILA   female   Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic element avi, of unknown meaning, possibly "desired". This name is also given in honour of the 16th-century mystic Saint Teresa of Ávila, Ávila being the name of the town in Spain where she was born.
EVELYN   female & male   English, German
From an English surname which was derived from the given name AVELINE. In the 17th century when it was first used as a given name it was more common for boys, but it is now regarded as mainly feminine due to association with the related name Evelina.
AVELINE   female   English (Rare)
From the Norman French form of the Germanic name Avelina, a diminutive of AVILA. The Normans introduced this name to Britain. After the Middle Ages it became rare as an English name, though it persisted in America until the 19th century.
AVILA   female   Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic element avi, of unknown meaning, possibly "desired". This name is also given in honour of the 16th-century mystic Saint Teresa of Ávila, Ávila being the name of the town in Spain where she was born.
EVE   female   English, French, Biblical
From the Hebrew name חַוָּה (Chawwah), which was derived from the Hebrew word חוה (chawah) "to breathe" or the related word חיה (chayah) "to live". According to the Old Testament Book of Genesis, Eve and Adam were the first humans. God created her from one of Adam's ribs to be his companion. At the urging of a serpent she ate the forbidden fruit and shared some with Adam, causing their expulsion from the Garden of Eden.

Despite this potentially negative association, the name was occasionally used by Christians during the Middle Ages. In the English-speaking world both Eve and the Latin form Eva were revived in the 19th century.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Ava, Avelina, Aveza, Avila
DUTCH: Evelien, Eveline
ENGLISH: Aileen, Alene, Aline, Avaline, Aveline, Avice, Avis, Eileen, Evelina, Ilean, Ileen, Ilene
ESTONIAN: Evelin
FINNISH: Eveliina
FRENCH: Eveline
GERMAN: Ava, Evelin
HUNGARIAN: Evelin
IRISH: Aileen, Eibhlín, Eileen
ITALIAN: Evelina
POLISH: Ewelina
SCOTTISH: Aileen
SWEDISH: Evelina
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Lina
ITALIAN: Lina
OTHER FORMS
ENGLISH: Evaline, Evalyn, Eveleen, Eveline, Evelyn, Evie, Evvie
GERMAN: Evelyn