Evangeline
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About Evangeline
Evangeline is a romantic old name enjoying a major comeback, thanks to its religious overtones, Eva's popularity, and the star of the TV megahit Lost, Evangeline Lilly. Evangelia and Evangelina — two variants of Evangeline — are sure to tag along for the ride.
Evangeline was introduced to the English-speaking world by Longfellow in his hugely popular eponymous narrative poem, and can also be found in Uncle Tom's Cabin (it was Little Eva's full name), as well as two novels by Evelyn Waugh. More recently, there were Evangelines in the films Nanny McPhee and Disney's The Princess and the Frog.
There are several different possible pronunciations of Evangeline, all correct. The first syllable can be pronounced like a long e -- Ee -- or the short e as in Eh. And the final syllable might rhyme with wean, wine, or win.
Pronounced ee-VAN-jel-een.
As of October 2026, Evangeline ranked #147 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #45.
Editor's take: The name Evangeline is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "bearer of good news".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #276 | 1,188 | 665 |
| 2015 | #260 | 1,221 | 684 |
| 2016 | #241 | 1,339 | 755.6 |
| 2017 | #267 | 1,199 | 694.5 |
| 2018 | #276 | 1,195 | 702.5 |
| 2019 | #270 | 1,226 | 730.5 |
| 2020 | #258 | 1,174 | 726.2 |
| 2021 | #236 | 1,281 | 780.7 |
| 2022 | #266 | 1,190 | 725.6 |
| 2023 | #212 | 1,415 | 881.8 |
| 2024 | #174 | 1,741 | 1,074.6 |
| 2025 | #147 | 1,998 | 1,243.1 |
World rankings
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Evangeline on lists
Famous Evangelines
- (Nicole) Evangeline Lilly
Canadian actress
- Evangeline Walton Ensley
American author
- Evangeline Booth
4th general of The Salvation Army
- Evangeline Cheryl Rose "Cherie" Eigenmann y Gil
Filipina actress
- Evangeline Faith Gardner
one of the Gardner quads
- Evangeline Rose Broussard
daughter of singer,songwriter Marc Broussard
- Evangeline
Vesper Lynne Bonner (b. 2009), daughter of basketball player Matt Bonner
- Evangeline Silver (b. 2016)
daughter of Dylan Farrow and Dana Silver; granddaughter of actress Mia Farrow
- Evangeline Demuro
American YouTuber
Evangeline in pop culture
- Evangeline Samos
character in Victoria Aveyard's series Red Queen
- "Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
" poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and its main character
- Evangeline "Evie" Greene
character in Kresley Cole's "The Arcana Chronicles"
- Evangeline
character in movie "Nanny McPhee"
- Evangeline Williamson
character on TV soap "One Life to Live"
- Evangeline A.K. McDowell
character in manga/anime "Negima! Magister Negi Magi"
- Evangeline O'Neill
main character of Libba Bray's "The Diviners"
- Evangeline Hall
Ava's mother in the book Blythewood by Carol Goodman.
- Evangeline
acolyte in the Pendragon series
- Evangeline
character in French animated series "Wakfu"
- Evangeline
character in the "Throne of Glass" book series by Sarah J. Maas
- Evangeline Moon
character in "Spellcaster's Cataclysm"
- Evangeline
star from Disney's "Princess and the Frog"
- "Evangeline
" song by Matthew Sweet
- "Evangeline Rose
" song by Marc Broussard
- "Evangeline
" song by The Band and Emmylou Harris
- "Evangeline
" song by Cocteau Twins
- The Mother song lyrics
Brandi Carlisle song lyrics mention "Evangeline" a song written for Brandis daughter