Given name
Evangelina
“a bringer of good news”
Evangelina is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “a bringer of good news.”
Original GreekΕυαγγελίνα
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 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Evangelina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,319
- 0 boys · 10,319 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 219 babies
- 2025
- 195
- #1,187 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 195 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,187 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 4.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 219 in 2012. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (43). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 16,121 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.
Evangelina’s family of names
In Italian usage, Evangelina has a conventional equivalent in the English form Evangeline. Evangelina has a related form in Evangeline. Evangelina has a related form in Evangelia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Evangelinevariant · English
- Evangeliavariant
- Evangelynvariant
- Evangelavariant
- Evangellinalikely variant
- Evangeleanavariant
- Evangelienavariant
- Evangeleinavariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Evangelina
- Evangelina ElizondoMexican actress (1929-2017)
- CeciliaSpanish singer-songwriter (1948-1976)
- Evangelina Rodríguezpoet and first female medical school graduate in the Dominican Republic1879–1947
- Evangelina García PrinceVenezuelan activist, politician, and academic1934–2019
- Evangelina CarrozzoArgentine model, beauty queen, dancer and counselorborn 1981
- Evangelina SalazarArgentine actressborn 1946
- Evangelina Guerrero ZacaríasFilipino poet and journalist1904–1949
- Evangelina Oyo EbuleEquatorial Guinean politician
- Evangelina SosaMexican actress (born 1969)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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