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in reply to a message by Susan H
Devlin does not have a French origin as you can see at http://www.ancestry.com/facts/devlin-name-meaning.ashx, and D'Evelin is not a surname, French or otherwise, as far as I can determine.
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I agree with Marc. Evelin/Evelyn may survive as a surname, but it is a double diminutive of the female given name Eve. I believe I've seen the name D'Evelin before, but it is a dressed up version of the Irish surname Devlin. The attempt to make names look French had a vogue in Victorian times. I'm reminded of Michael Davitt's story of the lady named Biddy Murphy who changed her name to Bidelia Pomme de Terre.
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