Evalyn is a spelling of Evelyn, which comes from the Norman French Aveline, a name of uncertain meaning that is usually linked to "hazelnut" or treated as a form of Eve, "life". The Evalyn spelling makes the first syllable look like Eva and was popular in the 1910s. In the United States Evalyn entered the top 1000 in 2012 in the slipstream of Evelyn, peaked at number 836 in 2014, left the top 1000 in 2019 and stands at number 1430 in 2025.