Evelyn

English Etymology From en enm - forms of the en fro - female name fro Aveline, diminutive of the en gem - root gem-pro *avi-, of uncertain meaning, possibly “desired, wished for“ (compare la aveo avēre, "to wish for") or aval “strength”. By folk etymology also misunderstood as a diminutive of the feminine given name en Eve, q.v. en Eileen. Also compare en Ava. Pronunciation en /ˈɛvəlɪn/ /ˈiːvlɪn/ female given name male given name en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Evelyn (female).wav Southern England en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Evelyn (male).wav Southern England Proper noun en female Germanic languages. en 1855 Robert Browning Evelyn Hope Beautiful Evelyn Hope is dead! / Sit and watch by her side an hour. en 1980 Salman Rushdie Midnight's Children 179 Alfred A.Knopf 1981 0-394-51470-X "I don't wear flowers," Evelyn Lilith said, and tossed the unwanted chain into the air, spearing it before it fell with a pellet from her unerring Daisy air-pistol. Destroying flowers with a Daisy, she served notice that she was not to be manacled, not even by a necklace: she was our capricious, whirligig Lill-of-the-Hill. And also Eve. The Adam's-apple of my eye. en matronymics. en male surnames. en Evelyn Waugh A place name: en rural locality in r:Suf/Tablelands s/Queensland c/Australia. en comm mun:suf/Middlesex Centre co/Middlesex County p/Ontario c/Canada. en locality twp:Suf/Munising co/Alger County s/Michigan c/USA. en ucomm co/Henderson County s/Texas c/USA. en former ucomm co/Wirt County s/West Virginia c/USA. Derived terms en Mount Evelyn Related terms en Ava Eileen Ev Eveleen Eveline Evelynn Translations female given name Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 伊夫琳 Yīfūlín Czech: cs Evelína f Estonian: et Evelin Finnish: fi Eveliina French: fr Évelyne Greek: el Εβελίνα Hungarian: hu Evelin Irish: ga Eibhlín f Latvian: lv Evelīna f Polish: pl Ewelina Portuguese: pt Evelina f, pt Evelin f Russian: ru Эвели́на f, ru Э́велин f transliteration Swedish: sv Evelina Anagrams en eelnvy evenly levyne en heteronyms unisex given names German Pronunciation de De-Evelyn.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun de proper noun de female English Norwegian Proper noun no proper noun no female English