Evi
Meaning
“Greek short form of Paraskevi or other Ev- names, and separately a Dutch and German short form of Eva”
The story
Evi reaches the same spelling by at least two established routes. In Greek it is a short form of Paraskevi and can also shorten other names beginning with Ev. In Dutch and German it is an affectionate form of Eva, the local form of Eve, whose Hebrew name is traditionally connected with life. Those histories are not interchangeable, and an Evi does not need to have a longer legal name at all. The spelling is compact and travels easily across languages, while pronunciation can shift with the community. Evi does not register on this site’s American popularity curve, so the US chart offers no meaningful trend. The name’s real story is cross-European rather than American: a Greek nickname family and a separate Germanic-language Eva family meeting in three letters. The bearer’s family tells us which route is theirs.
The formal names behind Evi
Evi is an established short form of this name.
Eva · Hebrew origin · "life," the Latin form of Eve, from the Hebrew Chava; the spelling most of Europe uses, from Spain to Scandinavia to the Slavic world, and a quiet constant in America for over a century. Two syllables of pure vintage warmth
How popular is Evi around the world?
In the United States, Evi is on the Social Security birth record for 2020 to 2025. In England and Wales, 4 girls named Evi were born in 2025, ranked 4,867th among girls that year.
Evi is on the official records of the United States, England and Wales, Brazil and Spain.
United States
on record
In the United States, Evi is on the Social Security birth record for 2020 to 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Evi has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
England and Wales
1 in 150,000
In England and Wales, 4 girls named Evi were born in 2025, ranked 4,867th among girls that year.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Brazil
1 in 1M
At the 2022 census, 264 people in Brazil were named Evi, ranked 20,873rd, with a median age of 43.
Among people named Evi living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1950s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Spain
1 in 1.4M
In Spain, 31 residents are named Evi, ranked 21,285th among women, with a mean age of 33.7 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Canada
last on record 2002
Evi is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Mexico City City
last on record 2017
Evi is not on the 2022 record for Mexico City, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Montevideo City
last on record 1990
Evi is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial
Scotland
last on record 2009
Evi is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
South Australia
last on record 2014
Evi is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Not on the record in Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland and New Zealand: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.
The Evi deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Evi truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Evi fits with your family’s names and surname.
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