Entry № 3152 · English origin

Evalyn Evalyn — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Wished-for; lovely bird"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Modern

A name that means "wished-for; lovely bird".

Evalyn is a variant spelling of Evelyn, meaning a wished-for child, or a lovely bird.

A fresh spelling of a well-loved name, it keeps the familiar sound with a look all its own.

Wished-for; lovely bird — a much-loved spelling.

The name in its native script.

Evalyn
Transliteration
Evalyn
Pronunciation
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Root
Grammatical form

Where Evalyn stands.

Evalyn does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Evalyns before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Evalyn.

The number behind Evalyn.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Evalyn reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.