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Evelyn is a name in the English language where it can be used as a first name or a surname. As a first name it can refer to persons of either sex although it is more commonly borne by females. The name originally was used a surname which derived from Aveline a feminine Norman French diminutive of the name Ava.Evelyn is also sometimes used as an Anglicisation of the Irish or Aibhilín and Éibhleann. Aibhilín is a variant form of Eibhlín which is also derived from the Norman French Aveline.