Given name
Evangel
“a bringer of good news”
Evangel is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “a bringer of good news.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “a bringer of good news.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Evangel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 12 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Evangel’s family of names
Evangel has a related form in Evangelin. Evangel has a related form in Evangelio. Evangel has a related form in Evangelo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Evangelinvariant
- Evangelovariant
- Evagelosvariant
- Evagelovariant
- Evangeleyovariant
- Evangeleovariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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