Behind Your Name Meaning

Behind Your Name At birth we are given a name but its behind the meaning of our given name that catches the eye. There is some reason behind a persons name whether your parents gave you that name because they loved a certain movie or because it was a family aireloom."Your name can influence the assumptions that other people make about your character and background, and thus the chances you are given in life," says Richard Wiseman -- a case in point, he's a professor of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire. In many cultures worldwide, the naming of an individual is considered an event, and a matter of great importance. Evelyn is a gender neutral name, although the name has not been in

It either originated from the surname ‘Evelyn’, which in turn was derived from Aveline, a French feminine diminutive of the name Ava, or as an Anglicization of the Irish Éibhleann. It can also be considered a cognate of Eve and Lyn - then of Hebrew origin. Evelyn can either mean ‘little bird’ or ‘beautiful bird’, depending on which translation is used. Evelyn is also sometimes used as the English translation for the Gaelic name Aibhilín. Common nicknames for Evelyn include Eve, Ev, and Lynn, and it is sometimes misspelled as Evelin, Evalyn, or Evelynn. Evelina is a Latin form of Evelyn used exclusively for girls, and Aveline and Ava are still used as names today. Evelyn saw its peak popularity as a boy’s name in 1907 as the 778th most popular name for a boy. Evelyn has fallen in popularity as a boy’s name since 1930, but it has seen a surge in popularity as a girl’s name since 2000, reaching the sixteenth most popular name for a girl in 2014. In the 20th century, Evelyn was most popular in the 1910s and 20s. Recently it has been re-surging. Although nowadays Evelyn is commonly thought of as a girl’s name, it still has many feminine variants, including Evelyne, Eveline, and

This is true in my opinion, people can think a certain way based on a certain name. "Names make impressions, just as the way you clothe your (child) or, the you way you groom them makes an impression," insisted University of California emeritus psychology professor Albert Mehrabian, who authored a book on "Beneficial and Harmful Baby Names" (http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/10/ hat-in-name-more-than-think-experts-say.html). If someone doesn't like the way your name sounds they can think differently about you whether your a good person or not.

I personally love my name. To me it's a unique name that you don't hear much. Evelyn is an older name which to me brings a lot of meaning. I say this because my parents always told me that I had an old soul. I've always been told that i'm wise beyond my years and i've also had an interest in older things. This is where my name leaves and imprint on me. I would never want to change me name I don't think