Gender: Girl
Meaning: Wished-for child; life
Origin: English surname origin, possibly from the French Aveline (hazelnut) or from the Hebrew Eve (life)
Popularity: Ranked #1357 in 2024 with 168 babies born.
History: Evalyn surged in the 2020s as a creative spelling of Evelyn. The Y-swap is distinctly American. Evalyn represents the trend of personalizing vintage revival names.
Similar names: evalyna, evalynn, evalynne, evlyn, edalyn, emalyn, emalynn, emmalyn
Name length: 6 letters
How common is Evalyn? About 1 in 19,813 babies born in 2024 were named Evalyn, or roughly 0.5 per day in the United States.
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