Given name & surname
Eveline
“a birdlike woman”·“a birdlike man”
Eveline is a variant of Evelyn. Interpretations include “a birdlike woman” (German) and “a birdlike man” (German). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eveline is a variant of Evelyn. Interpretations include “a birdlike woman” (German) and “a birdlike man” (German). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Eveline is a variant of Evelyn. A possible origin is English, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eveline through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,341
- 0 boys · 3,341 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 76 babies
- 2025
- 36
- #4,011 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 36 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,011 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 24.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 76 in 1922. In 2025, Wisconsin had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,689 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 85,352 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eveline’s family of names
Eveline has a related form in Evelyn. In French usage, Eveline has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Ewelina. In Dutch usage, Eveline has a related form in Evelien.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Eveline has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Eveline
- Eveline Widmer-SchlumpfSwiss lawyer and politicianborn 1956
- Eveline SaalbergDutch runnerborn 1998
- Eveline Du Bois-Reymond MarcusGerman-Brazilian zoologist (1901-1990)
- Eveline HaslerSwiss writer (born 1933)
- Eveline Safir LavaletteAlgerian politician1927–2014
- Eveline FischerBritish video game composerborn 1969
- Eveline Adelheid von MaydellBaltic German artist (1890–1962)
- Eveline CroneDutch professor of cognitive neuroscienceborn 1975
- Eveline M. BurnsBritish American economist (1900–1985)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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