Yevangelina
A Greek name meaning "bearer of good news", a spelling of Ewangelina with a Y. Only 21 women in Poland carry it, so most Poles will never meet one.
Yevangelina Pronunciation
What Yevangelina means
Where Yevangelina comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Yevangelina comes from the Greek word euangelion, meaning good news, built from eu, good, and angelia, a message. The same root gave us the word evangelist and the English gospel. In Polish records the name appears as Ewangelina, its softer variant, and both hold the plain sense niosąca dobrą nowinę, one who brings good news.
The spelling with a Y is the East Slavic form. Russian and Ukrainian scribes rendered the older Evangelina that way, and the name reached Polish lists through that eastern route.
A teacher reading a class register might pause at it. The name is long, and it is rare. The child probably corrects the pronunciation, then adds that Ewangelina works too.
Short and old. The meaning stayed close to the Greek: good news, carried by one person. Whoever answers to Yevangelina keeps the variant Ewangelina one step behind her.
How many people are named Yevangelina
1 in 1073516 women in Poland is named Yevangelina. 21 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #9782 among female names.