THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Evangeline
Evangeline is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form -.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ʔeˈvand͡ʒelin/Standard-Tagalog
- [ʔɛˌvan̪.d͡ʒɛˈlɪn̪]Standard-Tagalog
- /ʔeˈband͡ʒelin/with nativization
- [ʔɛˌban̪.d͡ʒɛˈlɪn̪]with nativization
- /ʔeˈbandjelin/with nativization
- [ʔɛˌban̪.d̪jɛˈlɪn̪]with nativization
E · van · ge · line4 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English, a given name invented by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
a female given name from English
Wiktionary: Evangeline (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
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.
Wiktionary: Evangeline (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Evangeline
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Cherie Gil
Filipino actress (1963–2022)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Evangeline Pascual
Filipino actress
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
15
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Evangeline Pascual, Cherie Gil
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Evangeline in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Evangeline
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Evangelina♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Evengeline·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Angeline♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Evangelito·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Adeline♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Edalline·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Evelina♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Caroline♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Evangeline?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Evangeline further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q20155901 — Evangeline (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Evangeline Pascual (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q20155901 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Cherie Gil (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q20155901 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Evangeline (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Evangeline (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.