Given name & surname
Evy
“giver of life; a lively woman”
In Norwegian use, Evy is a diminutive of Eva. One Hebrew interpretation is “giver of life; a lively woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Norwegian use, Evy is a diminutive of Eva. One Hebrew interpretation is “giver of life; a lively woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Evy is a diminutive of Eva. Eva comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Norwegian usage, Evy is a diminutive of Eva.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1895. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Evy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,346
- 0 boys · 1,346 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 61 babies
- 2025
- 39
- #3,793 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −9%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 39 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,793 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 8.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 61 in 2015. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,409 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Evy’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Evy is a diminutive of Eva.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Evy
- Evy BerggrenSwedish artistic gymnast (1934–2018)
- Evy LeibfarthAmerican canoeist and kayakerborn 2004
- Evy PoppeBelgian female snowboarderborn 2004
- Evy KuijpersDutch cyclistborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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