It might have been a name beginning with the Greek element eu which commonly gets anglicised as ev. Looking through the database there's Euadne /
Evadne,
Eugenia /
Evgenia and
Eudocia /
Evdokia.
I'm sure there might be others not in the database.
*~ As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, the minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure ~*