Evangeline

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Evangeline is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name5.5K records spelled Evangeline3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India

  Also written Évangéline, Evangéline

• Italian given name409 records spelled Evangeline2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, San Marino, United Kingdom

  Also written Evangeliné

• English given name183 records spelled Evangeline21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Argentina, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, Spanish, Russian

  Also written Evangelin, Евангелин, Evangelín, Ëvängëlïn, Evangelìn

• Hungarian given name152 records spelled Evangeline2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary, United States, Philippines

  Also written Evangéline

• Croatian given name136 records spelled Evangeline7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Évangeline

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Evangeline is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Fanciful name derived from Latin evangelium ‘gospel’ (Greek euangelion, from eu ‘good’ + angelma ‘tidings’) + the suffix -ine (in origin a French feminine diminutive). Evangeline is the title of a narrative poem (1848) by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in which the central character is called Evangeline Bellefontaine.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A female given name originating as a coinage.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Origine grecque, « bonne nouvelle »; lié à l’Évangile.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• English: fanciful name derived from Latin evangelium gospel (Greek euangelion , from eu well, good + angelma tidings) + the suffix (in origin a French feminine diminutive) - ine . Evangeline is the title of a narrative poem (1848) by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in which the central character is called Evangeline Belle-fontaine.

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 145 years between 1881–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Evangeline Boothb. 1865USGeneral of the Salvation Army (1865–1950)
• Evangeline Waltonb. 1907USAmerican writer (1907–1996)
• June Havocb. 1912CAnot in their usual nameAmerican actress, vaudeville performer, and memoirist
• Eva Macapagalb. 1915PHnot in their usual nameFirst Lady of the Philippines (1915-1999)
• Evangelina Elizondob. 1929MXnot in their usual nameMexican actress (1929-2017)
• Astrud Gilbertob. 1940BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian-American singer and songwriter (1940–2023)
• Evangelina Salazarb. 1946ARnot in their usual nameArgentine actress
• Ceciliab. 1948ESnot in their usual nameSpanish singer-songwriter (1948-1976)
• Cherie Gilb. 1963PHnot in their usual nameFilipino actress (1963–2022)
• Evangeline Lillyb. 1979CACanadian actress (born 1979)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 491 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Evangeline?

We estimate roughly 25 thousand people bear Evangeline (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Evangeline have the most bearers?

Evangeline is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled evangeline.

How common is Evangeline compared with other names?

In the Philippines, Evangeline is the 99th most common given name of 462,140 given names recorded there.

Is Evangeline a male or female name?

Evangeline is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Evangeline mean?

Recorded meaning: Greek; 'bearer of good news'; related to the evangelist.