Read our baby name articles for useful tips regarding baby names and naming your baby. Required fields are marked *. Evelyn Nesbit is a real life character who was fictionalized in E. L. Doctorow’s best-seller, Ragtime, published in 1975, which was also adapted into a film and a musical. Definition and meaning of the name Evelyn. Fittingly, Eve comes from the Hebrew “Hawah” meaning “a living being” from the verb “hayah” meaning “to live” (which apparently sounds suspiciously close to the Arabic word for “serpent”). The gender associated with the name might be incorrect, as the data presents the record applications without being edited for errors. It has also been used as an Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic Éibhleann meaning … and married Evelyn Gardner. During his college years, Evelyn led the almost expected life of dissipation of the upper class male, indulging in drink, drugs, and sexual adventures on both sides of the street. Hover over or click on the dots that represent a year to see how many babies were given the name for that year, for both genders, if available. And Evelyn is no exception. In Celtic Baby Names the meaning of the name Evelyn is: Light. Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh is the quintessential British man of letters of a certain era. Nesbit enjoyed moderate success on the stage, married again and had a son, overcame alcoholism, drug addiction and depression, and left this mortal coil in 1967 at the age of 82. A male surname in modern use as a given name. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. This is practically the stuff of fiction already – how to improve on that?! They have the capacity to see the bigger picture, and they possess the skills to inspire others spiritually. Thaw was sentenced to an asylum for the criminally insane and later freed, but Mother Shaw reneged on her promise to poor little Evelyn. Often depicted as anti-Semitic, conservative and curmudgeonly in his later years, Evelyn Waugh nonetheless left an enduring legacy of elegant and stylistic prose that has more than weathered the tests of time. The English may have also borrowed Evelyn from the Irish Eibhlín (pronounced ev-len) which is the Gaelic rendering of the Old French Aveline. A living being (Eve); Desired, wished for, We cannot find any childrens books with the first name Evelyn, Evelyna song by FlybangerEvelyn is Not Reala song by My Morning JacketExisting In a Crisis (Evelyn)a song by Bayside, Evelyn Ankers (actress) Evelyn Brent (actress) Evelyn De Morgan (artist) Evelyn Keyes (actress) Evelyn King (singer) Evelyn Lear (opera singer) Evelyn Nesbit (model/actress) Evelyn Preer (pioneering African- American actress) Evelyn Tubb (soprano singer) Evelyn Waugh (novelist)Evelyn Ankers (actress) Evelyn Brent (actress) Evelyn De Morgan (artist) Evelyn Keyes (actress) Evelyn King (singer) Evelyn Lear (opera singer) Evelyn Nesbit (model/actress) Evelyn Preer (pioneering African- American actress) Evelyn Tubb (soprano singer) Evelyn Waugh (novelist)Evelyn Ankers (actress) Evelyn Brent (actress) Evelyn De Morgan (artist) Evelyn Keyes (actress) Evelyn King (singer) Evelyn Lear (opera singer) Evelyn Nesbit (model/actress) Evelyn Preer (pioneering African- American actress) Evelyn Tubb (soprano singer) Evelyn Waugh (novelist), We cannot find any children of famous people with the first name Evelyn. (Florence) Evelyn Nesbit is an impoverished, but beautiful, young girl at the turn of the century who makes it big as an artists’ model (one of the famous “Gibson Girls”) and an actress. After this, Evelyn (He) began his transition toward conversion into the Roman Catholic Church, the culmination of which would mark his fiction for the rest of his days. Many people believe that the name can affect success in life, through their children's working career and other circumstances, so they choose more “respectable” names or name meanings as they believe that the name meaning reflects the personality of the child.