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Evangelina

Gender
Girl
Say it
ee-van-jeh-LEE-nuh
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#3,101 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,186 for girls

Evangelina is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “good news”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 1,186th for girls in the US (195 babies).

What does Evangelina mean?

Greek: Spanish and Italian form of Evangeline

“good news”

A form of Evangeline, from Greek euangelion, 'good news', the word that gave English evangel and evangelist.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Evangelina a girl's or a boy's name?

Evangelina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 195 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Evangelina in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,101st among girls
Babies in 2025
8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 31% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Evangelina, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 16 girls.

Half of all the girls named Evangelina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 16 in 20082025
Evangelina in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20258#3,101
20244#4,907
202310#2,640
20227#3,347
20217#3,338
20209#2,766
201910#2,590
201813#2,198
201711#2,485
20168#3,105
201514#2,085
201410#2,618
201314#2,061
201215#2,005
201112#2,265
201013#2,103
200914#1,957
200816#1,745
20079#2,543
200610#2,263
20056#3,133
20040–
20035#3,233
20025#3,047
20013#4,156
20000–
19995#2,912
19984#3,310
19974#3,345
19963#3,935

How popular is Evangelina in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,186th among girls
Babies in 2025
195 about 1 in 8,200 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 25% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 195 girls in the US were named Evangelina, making it the 1,186th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,524th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 219 girls. It first appears in the records in 1908.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Evangelina than any year since 2012.

Half of all the girls named Evangelina in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.

1908Busiest: 219 in 20122025
Evangelina in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025195#1,186
2024186#1,250
2023149#1,471
2022130#1,621
2021149#1,441
2020139#1,524
2019139#1,548
2018147#1,488
2017174#1,334
2016174#1,358
2015157#1,464
2014157#1,446
2013176#1,328
2012219#1,125
2011185#1,280
2010191#1,253
2009164#1,426
2008191#1,299
2007182#1,332
2006163#1,390
2005148#1,437
2004113#1,713
2003118#1,624
200290#1,953
200197#1,815
200084#1,981
199991#1,750
199867#2,143
199780#1,842
199670#1,992
199572#1,915
199462#2,162
199366#2,063
199277#1,840
199184#1,721
199071#1,934
198974#1,800
198860#1,982
198765#1,791
198670#1,668
198563#1,783
198461#1,771
198382#1,423
198286#1,417
1981101#1,271
198085#1,433
197991#1,349
197885#1,374
197779#1,414
197673#1,433
197596#1,202
1974104#1,115
197379#1,293
197282#1,254
197194#1,204
197081#1,315
196973#1,325
196896#1,083
196782#1,172
196681#1,189
196587#1,135
196474#1,293
196384#1,188
196289#1,158
1961102#1,083
196068#1,337
195996#1,086
195889#1,119
195791#1,095
195676#1,193
195576#1,141
195489#1,038
195380#1,077
195293#974
1951105#875
1950109#841
1949117#803
194881#966
1947102#869
194682#921
194587#810
194492#797
194384#849
194290#804
194174#845
194086#741
193968#848
193864#875
193760#891
193671#800
193569#823
193468#815
193373#769
193272#801
193158#912
193083#773
192996#715
192864#924
192764#935
192663#942
192536#1,324
192456#1,031
192343#1,174
192237#1,285
192129#1,543
192029#1,511
191921#1,801
191812#2,673
191720#1,773
191614#2,246
191510#2,687
191410#2,264
19138#2,330
19126#2,632
19116#2,191
19100–
19090–
19086#1,862

Nicknames for Evangelina

Names like Evangelina

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Elena, Athena, Penelope, Lara, Eliana, Margot, Ava, Aurora, Iris, Fatima, Emilia, Sophia

Names related to Evangelina

Evangeline, Evangelyn, Evangaline, Evangelyne, Evangelene, Avangelina

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Phoebe, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Maisie, Lainey, Atlas

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Evangelina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/evangelina, updated 20 October 2026.