Evelyn Is Not in the Bible — It Is a Surname That Became a Name

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概要

  • Evelyn is not in the Bible in any spelling, and has no Hebrew root.
  • It is an English surname derived from the medieval given name Aveline, handed back the other way to become a first name. The meaning at the far end of that chain is not certain.
  • When it first became a given name in the seventeenth century it was more common for boys; it has been regarded as feminine only in recent generations.
  • Paul kneels before the Father “from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name” (Ephesians 3:14-15).
  • A surname is a belonging word, and Romans 8:15 says we have been adopted into a house we were not born into — with アバ, a small child’s word, as the word we are given to say.

Evelyn is not in the Bible. It is not even, strictly speaking, a name in its own right. It is an English surname that was made from an older given name, Aveline, and then handed back the other way — a family name that became a first name. Which is a stranger and more moving thing than it sounds, dear friends. Because none of us chose the name we answer to, and Scripture has a great deal to say about…

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Sources: Behind the Name entry for Evelyn (English surname from the given name Aveline; more common for boys in the seventeenth century); Scripture quotations from the NIV via BibleGateway (Ephesians 3:14-15; Romans 8:15).

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