Given name
Evangela
“a bringer of good news”
Evangela is a variant of Evangelina. One Greek interpretation is “a bringer of good news.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Evangela is a variant of Evangelina. One Greek interpretation is “a bringer of good news.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Evangela is a variant of Evangelina. An origin associated with Evangelina is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Evangela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 310
- 0 boys · 310 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 17 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 girls is 7 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 349 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Evangela’s family of names
Evangela has a related form in Evangelina. In Italian usage, Evangela has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Ευαγγελία.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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