Evelyn 不在圣经中 — 它是一个变成了名字的姓氏

  • Evelyn 在圣经中没有任何拼写形式,也没有希伯来语词根。
  • 它是一个源自中世纪教名 Aveline 的英语姓氏,后来又反过来成为了一个名字。这一演变链条末端的含义并不确定。
  • 当它在十七世纪首次成为名字时,它在男孩中更为常见;直到最近几代,它才被视为女性名字。
  • 保罗在父面前屈膝,“天上地上的各家,都是从他得名”(以弗所书 3:14-15)。
  • 姓氏是一个关于归属的词,罗马书 8:15 说我们被领养进入了一个我们并非生于其中的家庭——并带着 阿爸, ,一个小孩的词,作为我们被赋予去称呼的词。

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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