Evelyn Name Meaning, Origin, Celebrities, Graphic Designs

Name: Evelyn

Pronunciation: eh-vuh-lin

Origin: British

Meaning: desired; island; wished for

Gender: gender-neutral, unisex

The story of Evelyn name 🔗

Evelyn is a gender-neutral baby name of mixed origins. With the British translation “desired” and “island", Evelyn is definitely a name to yearn for. These blissful definitions also correlate with the French name Aveline meaning “wished for”. With such captivating connotations, it’s no surprise that Evelyn has made its way into the heart of the United States, Nigeria, and Ghana. If you’ve tried wishing upon a star, baby Evelyn may be your dream come true.

Common Nicknames for Evelyn 🔗

• Evie
• Lyn
• Eve
• Vivi
• Evy
• Evey
• Leni

Graphic designs for Evelyn 🔗

The name Evelyn composed of flowers:

Celebrities named Evelyn 🔗

Famous women named Evelyn 🔗

• Evelyn Anderson (dancer) (1907–1994), American dancer
• Evelyn M. Anderson (1899–1985), American physiologist and biochemist
• Evelyn Ankers (1918–1985), American actress
• Evelyn Ashford (born 1957), America female sprinter, gold medalist of the women’s 100 meters running during the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Evelyn Aswad (fl. 1990s–2020s), American legal scholar and professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Law
• Evelyn Margaret Ay (1933–2008), American beauty pageant winner (Miss America, 1954)
• Evelyn Vida Baxter (1879–1959), Scottish ornithologist
• Lady Evelyn Beauchamp, née Herbert (1901–1980), daughter of 5th Earl of Carnarvon and one of the first in people in modern times to enter Tutankhamun’s tomb
• Evelyn Berezin (1925–2018), American computer designer best known for designing the first computer-driven word processor
• Evelyn Bonaci (1916–2008), Maltese politician
• Evelyn Booth (1897–1988), Irish botanist
• Evelyn Brent (1901–1975), American film and stage actress
• Evelyn Campbell (actress) (1868 – ?), British-born American actress
• Evelyn Carow (born 1931), German movie editor
• Evelyn Carrera (born 1971), Dominican Republic volleyball player
• Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1870–1960)
• Evelyn Cheesman (1882–1969), British entomologist and traveller
• Evelyn Colon (1961–1976), formerly unidentified American homicide victim
• Evelyn Colyer (1902–1930), British tennis player
• Evelyn Y. Davis (1929–2018), American activist shareholder
• Evelyn Magruder DeJarnette (1842–1914), American author
• Evelyn De Morgan (1855–1919), English Pre-Raphaelite painter
• Evelyn de Soysa (1893–1973), third woman member of Senate of Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka)
• Evelyn Dick (1920-unknown), Canadian convicted murderer
• Evelyn Dove (1902–1987), British singer and actress
• Evelyn Everett-Green (1856–1932), English novelist
• Evelyn Finley (1916–1989), American actress and stuntwoman
• Evelyn Furtsch (1914–2015), American sprinter
• Evelyn Gandy (1920–2007), American Lieutenant Governor of the state of Mississippi
• Evelyn García (born 1982), Salvadorian cyclist
• Evelyn Gardner (1903–1994), English aristocrat and socialite, and first wife of Evelyn Waugh
• Evelyn Gigantes (born 1945), Canadian politician and Cabinet Minister
• Evelyn Glennie (born 1965), Scottish virtuoso percussionist who has been deaf since age 12
• Evelyn Gleeson (1855–1944), English embroidery, carpet, and tapestry designer
• Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868–1956), English writer and biographer of Voltaire
• Evelyn Hamann (1942–2007), German actress
• Evelyn Hart (born 1956), Canadian ballerina and principal dancer of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet
• Evelyn Hartley (born 1937), American woman who has been missing since 1953
• Evelyn Hatch (1871–1951), English muse of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
• Evelyn Holt (1908–2001), German film actress
• Evelyn Hooker (1907–1996), American psychologist most noted for her studies on homosexuality
• Evelyn Hoskins (born 1988), British actress
• Evelyn Bryan Johnson (1909–2012), American pilot with a world record number of flying hours
• Evelyn Keyes (1916–2008), American actress most noted for her role as Suellen O’Hara in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind
• Evelyn “Champagne” King (born 1960), American R&B and disco singer
• Evelyn Künneke (1921–2001), German singer and actress
• Evelyn Lau (born 1971), Chinese-Canadian poet and novelist
• Evelyn Laye (1900–1996), British theatre actress
• Evelyn Lear (1926–2012), American soprano and opera singer
• Evelyn Lincoln (1909–1995), personal secretary to John F. Kennedy from his election to the Senate in 1953 until his 1963 assassination
• Evelyn Beatrice Longman (1874–1954), American sculptor elected as a full member of the National Academy of Design
• Evelyn Mase (1922–2004), South African nurse and first wife of Nelson Mandela
• Evelyn Matthei (born 1953), Chilean politician, former Minister of Labor and candidate for President of Chile in 2013
• Evelyn McHale (1923–1947), American bookkeeper, subject of an iconic photograph showing her body after she jumped from an observation platform of the Empire State Building
• Evelyn Mora (born 1992), Finnish entrepreneur
• Evelyn Nesbit (1884–1967), American model noted for her entanglement in the murder of her ex-lover by her first husband
• Evelyn Paul (1883–1963), British illustrator
• Evelyn Preer (1896–1932), African-American actress and blues singer
• Evelyn Reed (1905–1979), leading member of the American Socialist Workers Party and women’s rights agitator
• Evelyn Regner (born 1966), Austrian Member of the European Parliament
• Evelyn Sandberg-Vavalà (1888–1961) also known as Evelyn May Graham Sandberg or Evelyn Kendrew, art historian
• Evelyn Sears (1875–1966), American tennis player
• Evelyn Selbie (1871–1950), American actress
• Evelyn Sharma (born 1986), German-Indian actress and model
• Evelyn Šilina (born 2001), Estonian footballer
• Evelyn Stevens (cyclist) (born 1983), American road cyclist
• Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland (1855–1908), American journalist, author and playwright
• Evelyn Thomas (born 1945), American disco singer
• Evelyn Tubb, English soprano and long-time member of The Consort of Musicke
• Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941), English writer on mysticism and metaphysical poet
• Evelyn van Leeuwen (born 1972), Dutch wheelchair basketball player
• Evelyn Varden (1893–1958), American character actress
• Evelyn Verrasztó (born 1989), Hungarian swimmer
• Evelyn Svec Ward (1921–1989), American fiber artist
• Evelyn Wells (1899–1984), American biographer, especially of the ancient Egyptian royals
• Evelyn Whitaker (1844–1929), English children’s writer
• Evelyn Prescott Wiggin (1900–1964), American mathematician and university professor
• Evelyn Williams (artist) (1929–2012), British artist
• Evelyn Williamson (born 1971), New Zealand triathlon athlete
• Evelyn M. Witkin (1921–2023), American geneticist
• Evelyn Wood (teacher) (1909–1995), American advocate of speed reading
• Evelyn Young (1915–1983), American film actress
• Evelyn Zangger (born 1980), Swiss singer-songwriter

Famous women named with female variants of Evelyn 🔗

• Eveleen
  • Eveleen Laura Mason (1838–1914), American writer
  • Eveleen Myers (1856–1937), English photographer
  • Eveleen O’Brien (1901–1981), Irish psychiatrist
  • Eveleen Mary Weldon Severn (1882–1942), American philatelist
• Evelien
  • Evelien Bosmans (born 1989), Belgian actress
  • Evelien Gerrits (born 1985), Dutch cricketer
  • Evelien Koogje (born 1959), Dutch rower
• Evelin
  • Evelin Hagoel (born 1961), Israeli actress
  • Evelin Ilves (born 1958), former First Lady of Estonia
  • Evelin Jahl (born 1956), German discus thrower
  • Evelin Lanthaler (born 1991), Italian luger
  • Evelin Lindner (born 1954), German-Norwegian medical doctor, psychologist, scholar and author
  • Evelin Novak (born 1985), Croatian opera soprano
  • Evelin Ramón (born 1979), Cuban composer and singer
  • Evelin Samuel (born 1975), Estonian singer
  • Evelin Talts (born 1977), Estonian long-distance runner
  • Evelin Vacsi (born 1993), Hungarian volleyball player
  • Evelin Võigemast (born 1980), Estonian actress
• Eveline
  • Eveline Brunner (born 1996), Swiss figure skater
  • Eveline Burgess (1856–1936), American chess player
  • Eveline M. Burns (1900–1985), British-American economist, writer and instructor
  • Eveline Crone (born 1975), Dutch neuroscientist
  • Eveline Cruickshanks (1926–2021), British historian
  • Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1901–1990), German zoologist and drawer
  • Eveline Fischer (born 1969), British video game music composer
  • Éveline Gélinas (born 1974), Canadian actress
  • Eveline de Haan (born 1976), Dutch field hockey player
  • Eveline Hanska (c.1805–1882), Polish noblewoman, wife of Honoré de Balzac
  • Eveline Hasler (born 1933), Swiss writer
  • Eveline Herfkens (born 1952), Dutch civil servant, diplomat, and politician
  • Eveline Hill (1898–1973), British Conservative Party politician
  • Eveline Lowe (1869–1956), British politician
  • Eveline Adelheid von Maydell (1890–1962), German silhouette artist
  • Eveline Nünchert (born 1943), German chess player
  • Eveline Peleman (born 1993), Belgian rower
  • Eveline Peterson (1877–1944), English badminton player
  • Eveline Saalberg (born 1998), Dutch track and field athlete
  • Eveline Winifred Syme (born 1888–1961), Australian artist
  • Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (born 1956), Swiss lawyer and politician
• Evelyne
  • Évelyne Beaudin (born 1988), Canadian politician
  • Evelyne Brochu (born 1983), Canadian actress
  • Evelyne Gebhardt (born 1954), German politician
  • Evelyne Hall (1909–1993), American athlete
  • Evelyne Leu (born 1976), Swiss freestyle skier
  • Evelyne Pinard (1923–2014) French national javelin athlete
  • Evelyne de Pontbriand (1950–2024), French winemaker
  • Évelyne Sullerot (1924–2017), French feminist
  • Évelyne Thomas (born 1964), French television host

Famous men named Evelyn 🔗

• Evelyn Ashley (1836–1907), British barrister and Liberal politician
• Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841–1917), Consul-General of Egypt from 1883 to 1907
• Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale (1903–1973), Governor of Kenya from 1952 to 1959
• Evelyn Barker (1894–1983), British Army officer in World War I and II
• Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth (1819–1889), British horse breeder
• Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington (1800–1873), British statesman
• G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903–1991), British ecologist
• Evelyn King (politician) (1907–1994), British member of Parliament
• Evelyn Frederick Charles Ludowyk (1906–1985), Sri Lankan Burgher Trotskyist, author, playwright, critic
• Evelyn Owen (1915–1949), Australian inventor of the Owen submachine gun
• Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull (c. 1655–1726)
• Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull (1711–1773)
• Evelyn Pierrepont (MP) (1775–1801), British Member of Parliament
• Evelyn de Rothschild (1931–2022), British financier and member of the prominent Rothschild family
• Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset (1882–1954)
• Evelyn Shirley (1788–1856), British politician
• Evelyn Shirley (1812–1882), British politician, antiquary and genealogist
• Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1843–1906), English classical scholar
• Evelyn Stuart (1773–1842), British soldier and Tory politician
• Evelyn Sturt (1815–1885), English-born Australian police magistrate
• Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966), English satirical novelist, whose first wife was Evelyn Gardner
• Evelyn Webb-Carter (born 1946), former advisor to Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and current Controller of the Army Benevolent Fund
• Evelyn Wood (British Army officer) (1838–1919), British Field marshal, Victoria Cross recipient

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