Evelyn Family History
Evelyn Name Meaning
English: from an unrecorded Middle English female personal name Evelin(e) a double diminutive of Eve . Sometimes this surname was a variant of (or confused with) the surname Aveline which is from the Middle English and Old French female personal name Avelin(e) either a double diminutive of ancient Germanic Ava or of Old French and Middle English Avice (see Avis ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022