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I was interested to know if Evelyn was still in use as a woman's name in England in the 1660s when Evelyn Pierrepont was named. I found his marriage licence listed in an index, he married Dame Mary Feilding in 1687. There is also a woman named Evelyn Heape who married Stephen Humphrey in 1682 in the same index. There is an Eveling Parke as well, married in 1680.

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Pierrepont named his own daughter Evelyn, so I don't think Evelyn was ever more common for men than women. It was just very rare so easily unisex.

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I wrote more with sources here: https://www.name-pop.com/2025/03/was-evelyn-ever-more-common-for-men.html