Meaning, Origin And History Of The Name Evangeline

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Evangeline NamePopularityRelated NamesRelatedRatingsCommentsNamesakes 82%Ratingadd to your listSave Gender Feminine Usage English Pronounced Pron. /ɪ.ˈvæn.d͡ʒə.ˌlin/, /ɪ.ˈvæn.d͡ʒə.ˌlaɪn/ [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "good news" from Greek εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and ἄγγελμα (angelma) meaning "news, message". It was (first?) used by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his 1847 epic poem Evangeline [1][2]. It also appears in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) as the full name of the character Eva.

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Family Tree·Details RooteuangelosVariantEvangelinaOther Languages & CulturesEvangeliya(Bulgarian) Evangelia, Evi(Greek) Evangelija, Vangelija(Macedonian) Evangelista(Portuguese) Evangelina, Evangelista, Lina(Spanish) User SubmissionsÉvangéline, Evangéline

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Details Last ranked #365 in 2024 England and Wales Last ranked #93 in 2021 Puerto Rico Last ranked #174 in 2024 United States

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Chocolatier characters, Cocteau Twins songs, D. H. Lawrence characters, Disney characters, Elder Scrolls characters, ends in -ine, ends in -line, goodness, history, literature, movies, poem, poems, William Faulkner characters

Sources & References

  1. Withycombe, Elizabeth Gidley. The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names. Oxford, 1945, page 51.
  2. Page at https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2039/pg2039-images.html.
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