Baby name
REVIVING
🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇸🇪 Evelina
/eh · veh · LEE · nah/
Meaning
“Italian”
Italian, Swedish, and Eastern European form of Evelyn, from Norman French Aveline; brought literary prominence by Fanny Burney's 1778 novel of the same name.
Nicknames
eva · lina
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Softer and more lyrical than Evelyn; ages beautifully with strong literary backing.
The cultural moment.
Popular in Sweden and Italy through the early 20th century; reviving in Sweden and the UK since the 2010s.