Evalina is a spelling of Evelina, a Latinate elaboration of Eve and Aveline; it is usually read as "life", through the Hebrew Eve, or as "desired", from the Germanic root of Aveline. Fanny Burney's 1778 novel Evelina made the name fashionable in Georgian England. Evalina has moved up gently from number 2459 in 2015 to number 1512 in 2025, the best rank it has ever had.