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I venture to guess this is just a variant of Evelyn. Some people seem to "hear" a D on the end of names ending with -lyn, especially if the name is slightly unfamiliar. I know a Katelyn who was born in the early 1970s, before that name was widespread, and it was amazing how often people wrote her name as "Katelind" or some version thereof.

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I've also seen Ashlynd for Ashlyn.

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Perhaps the existence of the pair Rosalind/Rosalyn reinforces this.