Evony
Feminine · “yew tree”
Evony sits between two names that have nothing to do with each other. Yvonne is French, from a Germanic word for the yew tree — the wood English longbows were made of, which is why the name is really about a weapon. Ebony is a black hardwood and an English word. Change one letter of either and you arrive here, which is why the record cannot say which one a family meant.
How old is the name Evony?
Evony first appears in US birth records in 1979 — 46 years ago. The typical Evony alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 600 people named Evony are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Evony most popular?
Evony peaked in 2010, reaching #4180 nationally. Today it ranks #13208, 9,028 places below that high. See the whole 2010 chart.
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Where it comes from
From iv to Evony
The story of Evony
Yves is a Breton and French men's name of long standing, and Yvonne its feminine; both reached English-speaking countries in the twentieth century and were widely used mid-century. Ebony arrived from a different direction entirely, becoming a well-used American name in the 1970s and 1980s. Evony appears in the record across those decades and looks like a bridge between them — close enough to each to be read as either, and belonging fully to neither. That ambiguity is not a defect: it is how a great many American names actually come about.
Meaningscholars disagree
yew tree, if it is read as Yvonne
Yvonne is the French feminine of Yves, from a Germanic element meaning yew — the tree whose wood made the medieval longbow, so the name belonged to the same world as the names built on spears and shields. If this spelling is instead a version of Ebony, the source is the Egyptian word for the black hardwood, borrowed through Greek and Latin. The two are unrelated and both are plausible.
How the name formed
- iv
- Yves
- Yvonne
- Evony
Related forms: Yvonne · Erwan · Ivonne
Pronouncing Evony
EH-vuh-nee
Three syllables, stress on the first, following Ebony. Families reading it as a form of Yvonne say ee-VON instead, in two syllables with the weight at the back — which is an entirely different name to the ear.
Nicknames for Evony
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1979
- Most girls named
- 201035 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4180reached in 2010
- Change vs 2024
- −50.0%6 in 2025, from 12
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Evony in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Yvonne in French — related form
- Erwan in Breton — related form
- Ivonne in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Evonys among us
people named Evony are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 267,878 born in 2025 was named Evony
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Darlen test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Evony's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Darlen climbed just as high around 1936, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Darlen's path sketches the road Evony is walking now.
Evony sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Evony beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Evony in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Evie is available and is one of the most current short forms in American use.
- Both possible origins are real and one of them has an unexpectedly martial history.
- Five letters, three light syllables, and easy in any accent.
- There is no settled pronunciation, and the two candidates are very far apart.
- Ebony, Yvonne and Evonne all sit close by and will be written instead.
- Its meaning cannot be given without naming both possibilities, which makes for a long answer.
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Feminine · #13208 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Evonys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Evony are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Evony in 2025?
- Evony ranks #13208 among US girl names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Evony?
- About 1 in every 267,878 US girls born in 2025 was named Evony — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Evony with classmates?
- Evony will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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