Fun Facts About the Name Avelyn
- More than 1 thousand babies named Avelyn: U.S. records list 1,092 babies given the name Avelyn from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Avelyn Mean?
Avelyn is a spelling variant of the feminine name Evelyn, whose source is the Norman French given name Aveline. Aveline was a diminutive of Ava or Avila, a personal name of Germanic origin that the Normans carried into England. The underlying Germanic element is not securely identified, so the name's literal meaning is uncertain; it is often glossed as "desired" or "wished for," but that sense is not firmly documented. The name is sometimes connected to the Old French aveline, "hazelnut" (from Latin abellana, after the Italian town of Abella), but that is a separate common noun, and its relation to the personal name is not established.
Avelyn Name History & Origins
Aveline was introduced to England by the Normans after the conquest of 1066 and appears in the 12th and 13th centuries. One documented bearer is Aveline de Forz, countess of Aumale, who married Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III, in 1269. The name later survived chiefly as a surname, where it took the form Evelyn. In the 17th century that surname belonged to the diarist John Evelyn, and Evelyn came into use as a given name in England. It has been used for both men and women; in the United States it became mainly feminine, while in Britain it also remained a male name, as with the writer Evelyn Waugh.
Avelyn is one of the current spellings of this name family, used alongside Evelyn and Aveline. Like other modern respellings that replace an older i or e ending with y, it keeps the shape and sound of the older forms rather than introducing a new source.
How Popular is the Name Avelyn?
Avelyn has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2016. Its best rank was #2,131 in 2016.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,651 | 41 | 0.0026% |
| 2024 | #3,958 | 37 | 0.0023% |
| 2023 | #3,988 | 37 | 0.0023% |
| 2022 | #4,490 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 2021 | #3,252 | 49 | 0.0030% |
| 2020 | #2,783 | 59 | 0.0037% |
| 2019 | #3,178 | 50 | 0.0030% |
| 2018 | #2,872 | 58 | 0.0034% |
| 2017 | #2,404 | 75 | 0.0043% |
| 2016 | #2,131 | 91 | 0.0051% |
| 2015 | #2,298 | 81 | 0.0045% |
| 2014 | #2,357 | 78 | 0.0044% |
| 2013 | #2,631 | 67 | 0.0038% |
| 2012 | #2,547 | 71 | 0.0040% |
| 2011 | #2,912 | 59 | 0.0034% |
| 2010 | #3,630 | 43 | 0.0024% |
| 2009 | #3,881 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 2008 | #4,662 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2007 | #5,547 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2006 | #7,529 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #4,974 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2004 | #9,339 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #11,456 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #12,362 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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