Evangelina
From the Greek for "bringer of good news". Barely known in Poland: only about 85 women carry it, and the few girls given it have all arrived since 2022.
Evangelina Pronunciation
What Evangelina means
Where Evangelina comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Evangelina comes from Greek. Behind it sit two words, eu, meaning good, and angelos, the messenger who carries the news. The same angelos gives us the word angel. Put together they mean bringer of good news, and in Polish that comes out as dobra nowina.
The name traveled south and settled into Spanish. In Spanish-speaking countries Evangelina reads as warm and formal at once, a full name with no clipped diminutive attached here.
Longfellow gave the shorter Evangeline its fame in 1847, in a poem about an Acadian woman searching for her lost love. Fifty years later a real Evangelina, Evangelina Cisneros, made headlines when American reporters helped her escape a Havana prison.
Read at a Polish school register, Evangelina stands out among the Zuzannas and Zofias. It keeps its Greek bones. Good, and news.
How many people are named Evangelina
1 in 265222 women in Poland is named Evangelina. 85 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3828 among female names.
Evangelina's popularity over time
3 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1237 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Evangelina as a middle name
Evangelina is a first name for 85 women in Poland and a middle name for another 3, a 97/3 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 4774th, between Eva Maria (3) and Evrim (3).
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#4772 Euzebiusza3
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#4773 Eva Maria3
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#4774 Evangelina3
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#4775 Evrim3
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#4776 Eylem3