Desired life or life and meadow
A modern American compound name likely combining Eva, meaning 'life', and the suffix -lee, meaning 'meadow'. It may also be interpreted as a variant of Evelyn, which derives from the Germanic name Avelina, meaning 'desired'.
Less common today
Evalee isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #2,467 in 2017.
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).