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Evangeline

Gender
Girl
Say it
e-VAN-je-leen
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#352 for girls
US rank, 2025
#147 for girls

Evangeline is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “good news”. In 2025 it ranked 352nd for girls in the UK (135 babies) and 147th for girls in the US (1,998 babies).

What does Evangeline mean?

Greek: from Greek euangelion, via Latin

“good news”

Used by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow for the heroine of his 1847 narrative poem Evangeline.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Evangeline is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 135 girls in the UK and 1,998 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Evangeline in the UK?

Rank in 2025
352nd among girls
Babies in 2025
135 about 1 in 2,100 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 135 girls in the UK were named Evangeline, making it the 352nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 399th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 178 girls.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Evangeline than any year since 2019.

Half of all the girls named Evangeline in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 346th in England and Wales and 301st in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 178 in 20152025
Evangeline in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025135#352
2024125#383
2023100#452
202297#477
2021116#425
2020121#399
2019136#358
2018128#387
2017132#381
2016156#344
2015178#297
2014154#328
2013157#332
2012167#318
2011175#311
2010148#343
2009152#334
2008133#376
2007154#329
2006130#361
200552#661
200426#1,027
200342#720
200256#577
200160#534
200061#523
199984#416
199893#386
199785#422
1996113#345

How popular is Evangeline in the US?

Rank in 2025
147th among girls
Babies in 2025
1,998 about 1 in 800 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 44% in five years
Same name in a class
1.7% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,998 girls in the US were named Evangeline, making it the 147th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 258th. It first appears in the records in 1881.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Evangeline of any year since it first appeared, in 1881.

Half of all the girls named Evangeline in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

1881Busiest: 1,998 in 20252025
Evangeline in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,998#147
20241,752#173
20231,417#212
20221,190#266
20211,281#236
20201,174#258
20191,226#270
20181,195#276
20171,199#267
20161,339#241
20151,221#260
20141,189#276
20131,067#300
20121,097#288
20111,111#285
2010966#333
2009742#429
2008699#451
2007702#459
2006486#598
2005189#1,210
2004107#1,780
2003104#1,801
200291#1,932
2001108#1,669
200095#1,813
199984#1,871
199885#1,816
199778#1,881
199684#1,765
199586#1,698
199465#2,097
199359#2,212
199254#2,381
199167#2,028
199054#2,312
198952#2,273
198860#1,982
198748#2,234
198649#2,147
198552#2,047
198452#1,960
198361#1,751
198267#1,684
198163#1,767
198058#1,863
197969#1,623
197860#1,729
197770#1,538
197676#1,397
197577#1,375
197473#1,399
197378#1,302
1972104#1,090
197199#1,164
1970115#1,060
196980#1,250
1968104#1,017
196796#1,060
1966116#944
1965113#966
1964131#912
1963144#874
1962134#914
1961143#902
1960121#969
1959125#935
1958141#858
1957146#840
1956142#829
1955146#796
1954150#759
1953122#836
1952165#696
1951137#748
1950137#732
1949142#711
1948126#760
1947136#733
1946154#635
1945109#714
1944132#638
1943134#654
1942151#605
1941148#572
1940172#523
1939144#558
1938164#527
1937183#483
1936161#516
1935199#453
1934187#474
1933207#454
1932217#448
1931232#426
1930279#402
1929241#427
1928227#455
1927273#414
1926221#463
1925198#499
1924258#435
1923239#437
1922262#406
1921258#418
1920267#407
1919231#434
1918222#446
1917208#445
1916176#480
1915188#447
1914135#470
1913139#418
1912107#457
191170#493
191076#458
190972#435
190856#479
190762#455
190648#499
190545#506
190448#474
190341#496
190258#403
190155#397
190068#402
189943#443
189846#448
189753#397
189630#553
189524#622
189429#535
189324#571
189222#590
189113#750
189016#667
188928#468
188814#690
188713#633
188610#731
18859#745
188412#614
18837#754
18829#634
18816#740

Nicknames for Evangeline

Names like Evangeline

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

Phoebe, Penelope, Emilia, Annabelle, Ophelia, Eloise, Isabelle, Evie, Elodie, Evelyn, Clementine, Aurelia

Names related to Evangeline

Evangelina, Avangeline, Evangelyn, Evangaline, Evangelyne, Evangelene

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie

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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, “Evangeline: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/evangeline, updated 20 October 2026.