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Why parents love Evelina- Burney's Evelina invented the comedy of manners before Austen.
- Four syllables with an elegant, flowing sound: ev-eh-LEE-nah.
- The meaning wished-for child is emotionally powerful.
- Eve and Lina are both embedded.
- The -ina ending adds Latin-Italian elegance.
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The vibe of Evelina
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Origin & history of Evelina
Hebrew Eve (life) + Latin -ina ending
→ Evelina
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Old English / Latin roots
Evelina comes from Eve (life) with a Latin -ina ending. Fanny Burney's Evelina (1778) is one of the first novels in English — it invented the comedy of manners before Jane Austen.
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First recorded
Earliest known use: Fanny Burney's Evelina (1778).
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Today
Evelina remains a beloved choice, ranking #1216 in the US. 6,013 babies have been named Evelina since 1880.
◈ Sources: Behind the Name, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, SSA data
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How popular is Evelina?
2024
peak year
Evelina reached its widest reach during the 2020s. In 2024, 243 babies received the name (ranked #1032). In the present decade it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #1216), with about 198 babies given the name annually. Evelina's usage has held roughly steady recently. The all-time total comes to roughly 6,013 registrations.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
243
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #1,032)
(ranked #1,032)
198
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
1,980
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
6,013
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Evelina5
Life path number
The Adventurer
Freedom, adventure and curiosity.
Evelina's Life Path 7 is the seeker's number — pre-Austen seeking. People named Evelina tend to be elegant, pioneering, and gifted at inventing entire literary genres.
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Invents literary genres✦
Pre-Austen original◈
Eve-life heritage◎
-ina Italian♡
Wished-for flowingE5
V4
E5
L3
I9
N5
A1
Sum: 32 → Life path 5
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Personality of Evelina🌍
Free spirit
Adventure calls and they always answer.
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Electric energy
Things happen around them — exciting, unexpected.
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Adaptable
New situations are opportunities, never threats.
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Natural charmer
There's something magnetic about them.
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