Evelia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 23 babies a year in the US.
Evelia by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Evelia. In the US, 23 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 38 babies in 1980, making it a 1980s name.
What we can tell you about Evelia
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 Evelia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Emeliarival; a form of Amelia565 in the US (2017)
- Evelinawished for child; form of Evelyn73 in England and Wales (2025)
- Evelinwished for child; a form of Evelyn27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Evelyndesired, wished-for child10,686 in the US (2017)
- Emiliarival, eager832 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elliagod is my salvation; a form of Elias122 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Evelia
Names that are said the same way as Evelia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Evaliah5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Evelia
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