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Evangeline
Pronounced /ɪˌvænd͡ʒəˈliːn/
Rank in 2024
#174
Born in 2024
1,741
Peak year
2024 · #174
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,741 girls were named Evangeline, about 1 in every 927.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It first shows up in the records in 1881.
- 34,756 girls have been named Evangeline since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Evangeline per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.8Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 4,013 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Silent: 3,287 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,642 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,388 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Millennials: 973 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,741 babies, 0.23 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 15,236 babies, 0.75 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
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”).
- A female given name originating as a coinage.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ɪˌvænd͡ʒəˈliːn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Evangeline, CC BY-SA 4.0.