by Domhnall (guest)
8/10/2004, 11:04 PM
I know of four possible Irish-Gaelic sources, listed below with their most frequent anglicizations.
masculine:
Aibhne- Avna, Aveny, Eveny
Éimhín- Evin, Evan
feminine:
Aoibheann- Eavan, (sometimes rendered as Yvonne & Evelyn)
Aoibhfhionn- (the likely original form of Aoibheann)
Eabhán- Even, Aven