Evangeline

eh-VAN-je-leen or eh-VAN-je-line or eh-VAN-je-lin

Greek

"bearer of good news"

Evangeline Origin and Meaning

The name Evangeline is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "bearer of good news".

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.

Evangeline Rank in US Top 1000

# 174 in the US

Evangeline Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 44 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Evangeline

• 174 US 2024
• 44 Nameberry 2025
• 78 Future 2035
• 368 England 2024

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Famous People Named Evangeline

• (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

The name 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