Evelina is the Latinate form of Evelyn, which comes from the Norman Aveline, a name of uncertain Germanic origin that is often explained as "desired" and today is usually linked to Eve, "life". Fanny Burney's 1778 novel Evelina, the story of a young woman's entry into London society, made it a fashionable name in Georgian England. Evelina broke into the US top 1000 for the first time in 2025 at number 778, riding on the popularity of Evelyn.