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ArchivesRe: The use of Evelyn before Pierrepont
in reply to a message by Anneza
C.M. Yonge said it was from the French word for hazelnut tree in 1863, and that the surname had a different etymology from Eveline, but I don't think that's true due to the age of the French word being too young (if I remember correctly). Perhaps that's why Leslie Dunkling wrote "uncertain etymology".
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