# Evangeline (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/evangeline/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “good news” |
| Pronunciation | /ɪˌvænd͡ʒəˈliːn/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 36,771 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 36,771 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,331, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Invented by the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow when he began research on his epic poem Evangeline about Acadian lovers deported from French-Canada. From Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,111 | 285 |
| 2012 | 1,097 | 288 |
| 2013 | 1,067 | 300 |
| 2014 | 1,189 | 276 |
| 2015 | 1,221 | 260 |
| 2016 | 1,339 | 241 |
| 2017 | 1,199 | 267 |
| 2018 | 1,195 | 276 |
| 2019 | 1,226 | 270 |
| 2020 | 1,174 | 258 |
| 2021 | 1,281 | 236 |
| 2022 | 1,190 | 266 |
| 2023 | 1,417 | 212 |
| 2024 | 1,752 | 173 |
| 2025 | 1,998 | 147 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 170 | 289 |
| 2012 | 162 | 294 |
| 2013 | 144 | 324 |
| 2014 | 144 | 323 |
| 2015 | 169 | 286 |
| 2016 | 146 | 335 |
| 2017 | 128 | 364 |
| 2018 | 123 | 368 |
| 2019 | 130 | 343 |
| 2020 | 113 | 388 |
| 2021 | 111 | 402 |
| 2022 | 94 | 449 |
| 2023 | 98 | 417 |
| 2024 | 119 | 365 |
| 2025 | 124 | 346 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Еванджелин
- Chinese: 伊万杰琳
- Esperanto: Evanĝelin
- French: Évangéline
- Greek: Εβάντζελιν
- Italian: Evangelina
- Japanese: エヴァンジェリン
- Korean: 에반젤린
- Russian: Эванджелин
- Ukrainian: Еванджелін

## People named Evangeline

- Evangeline Lilly, Canadian actress (born 1979)
- Evangeline Russell, American actress (1902-1966)
- Evangeline Walton, American writer (1907–1996)
- Evangeline Adams, Astrologer, astrological writer (1868–1932)
- Evangeline Pascual, Filipino actress
- Evangeline Booth, General of the Salvation Army (1865–1950)
- June Havoc, American actress, vaudeville performer, and memoirist
- Cherie Gil, Filipino actress (1963–2022)
- Violet Teague, Australian artist (1872-1951)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.