Desired or water meadow
Evlyn is a rare variant of Evelyn, which likely derives from the Norman French name Aveline. It may also be interpreted as a combination of the Hebrew name Eve, meaning 'life', and the Welsh suffix -lyn, meaning 'lake'.
Less common today
Evlyn isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #7,276 in 2015.
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).