Evelena
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.
Evelena by the numbers
Evelena was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 39 babies in 1924, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Evelena
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Evelena. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Evelinawished for child; form of Evelyn73 in England and Wales (2025)
- Evalenalife and bright; a form of Eva with Helen12 in the US (2017)
- Evelynalife; a form of Evelyn5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Evelyndesired, wished-for child10,686 in the US (2017)
- Elenashining light3,863 in the US (2017)
- Evelynnisland; a variant spelling of Evelyn938 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Evelena
Names that are said the same way as Evelena, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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