Female name
Evelyn
28,471 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2017. Expression number: 11.
Origin
From Middle English forms of the Old French female name Aveline, diminutive of the Germanic root *avi-, of uncertain meaning, possibly “desired, wished for“ (compare Latin avēre, "to wish for") or aval “strength”. By folk etymology also misunderstood as a diminutive of the feminine given name Eve, q.v. Doublet of Eileen. Also compare Ava.From Wiktionary, entry “Evelyn”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2017: 1,967 births. 28,471 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 12th among girls' names in 2025. It is still given: 8,034 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1921: 14,308 births. 641,662 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1910s to the 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 8th among girls' names in 2024. It is still given: 46,255 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 1978: 92 births. 2,914 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1960s to the 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 77th among girls' names in 2022. It is still given: 299 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 9,043 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Switzerland | 2,564* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Austria | 1,726 | 1984–2025 | 73rd in 1984 |
| Quebec | 746 | 1980–2025 | — |
| Berlin | 239 | 2012–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
11
intuition and inspiration (master number)
5 + 4 + 5 + 3 + 7 + 5 = 29 → 11
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
5 + 5 + 7 = 17 → 8
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
4 + 3 + 5 = 12 → 3
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 2, 6, 8, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 5 · freedom, change, movement
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.