Avelina
Sign in to saveAvelina is a female first name. It is the feminine form of Avelino, in honour of the 16th-century Italian saint Andrea Avellino (usually spelled Avelino in Spanish and Portuguese). His surname is derived from the name of the town of Avellino in Campania, itself from Latin Abellinum (of unknown meaning).
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- Instance of
- female given name
- Said to be same as
- Evelina
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- Cologne phonetics
- 0356
- Caverphone
- AFLN11
- Commons category
- Avelina (given name)
- writing system
- Latin script
- Soundex
- A145
- language of work or name
- Italian
- native label
- Avelina
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Avelina is a female first name. It is the feminine form of Avelino, in honour of the 16th-century Italian saint Andrea Avellino (usually spelled Avelino in Spanish and Portuguese). His surname is derived from the name of the town of Avellino in Campania, itself from Latin Abellinum (of unknown meaning).
==History== The name was borrowed into the Russian language as "" (Avelina). Its diminutives include Avelinka (), Lina (), and Ava ().
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