Evelyn
Evelyn means Possibly 'desired, wished for', from the Germanic root behind the Old French name Aveline.
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| Gender | unisex |
| Origin | Germanic |
| Language | English |
| Starts with | E |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Possibly 'desired, wished for', from the Germanic root behind the Old French name Aveline”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Oliver — Possibly from Old Norse Óleifr ('ancestral' + 'relic'); popularly linked by folk etymology to the Latin word for olive tree
- Ishita — Meanings families give: Mastery, superiority; Mastery, desired, one with divine power; Mastery, desired one; she who desires; Desired, wished for; mastery; Mastery, supremacy, greatness
- Manasa — Meanings families give: Mind, intellect, Goddess of snakes; Mind, goddess of snakes, wished; Mind, intellect, goddess of serpents
- Amelia — From a Germanic root meaning 'vigor, bravery'
- Ava — Of uncertain meaning; used as a variant of Eva/Eve, an anglicization of the Irish name Aoife, or from an uncertain Germanic root
- Maulik — derived from a root, original
Where this comes from
Evelyn has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.