Evelina
Evelina ( Latin avis "the bird") is a female Italian, Spanish and Lithuanian given name , derived from Evelyn . It goes back to the old French-Norman name Aveline . This is a diminutive of Avila, a form of Ava. The exact meaning is not known. There may be a connection with the Latin avis (bird).
Name days: May 26th and December 24th .
Well-known namesake
- Evelina Chao (* 1949), American-Chinese violinist
- Evelina Haverfield (1867–1920), British suffragette and aid worker
- Evelina Jecker-Lambreva (* 1963), Bulgarian-Swiss writer
- Evelina Kos (* 1996), Slovenian national soccer player
- Evelina Raselli (* 1992), Swiss ice hockey player
- Evelina Rodigari (* 1978), Italian short tracker
- Evelina Samuelsson (* 1984), Swedish ice hockey player
- Evelina Sašenko (* 1987), Polish-Lithuanian jazz and pop singer
- Evelina Settlin (* 1992), Swedish cross-country skier
- Evelina Stampa (* 1922), Swiss politician