Evelina

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
4/5/2022, 10:13 PM	Mike C	update #112
4/25/2021, 10:07 PM	Mike C	update #110
11/20/2020, 10:42 PM	Mike C	update #109
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
4/16/2019, 9:13 PM	Mike C	update #103
2/28/2019, 2:08 PM	Mike C	update #102
5/31/2018, 2:36 PM	Mike C	update #99
7/2/2017, 10:39 PM	Mike C	update #95
8/26/2016, 12:51 PM	Mike C	update #92
7/27/2015, 11:23 PM	Mike C	update #90
3/21/2014, 10:33 PM	Mike C	update #88
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Feminine

Usage English, Italian, Swedish, Lithuanian, Greek, Russian, Bulgarian

Scripts Εβελίνα(Greek) Эвелина(Russian) Евелина(Bulgarian)

Pronounced Pron. ehv-ə-LEE-nə(English) eh-veh-LEE-na(Italian, Swedish)

Meaning & History

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.