Given name & surname
Evangelista
“evangelist”
Evangelista is a surname from Spanish. It is used in English, Italian, and Tagalog.
Original SpanishEvangélista
Meaning & origin
What it means
Evangelista goes back to Spanish Evangélista, meaning “evangelist.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Evangelista as a surname developed from Evangélista.
Evangelista’s family of names
In English usage, Evangelista as a surname developed from the Spanish form Evangélista. In Greek usage, Evangelista as a surname is a transliteration of Ευαγγελίστα. In Filipino usage, Evangelista as a surname was borrowed from the Spanish form Evangélista.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Evangelista
- Evangelista TorricelliItalian physicist and mathematician (1608-1647)
- Evangelista SantosBrazilian martial artistborn 1977
- Evangelista da Pian di MeletoItalian painter (1458-1549)
- Evangelista AndreoliItalian pianist1810–1875
- Evangelista Alcimar Caldas MagalhãesBrazilian priest1940–2021
- Evangelista Latino Enrico VanniItalian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1878–1962)
- Evangelista MengaItalian architect1480–1571
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