Evangeline
[ˌɛ.væn.dʒəˈliːn]Meaning
means "good news", from Ancient Greek εὖ (eu) "good" and ἄγγελμα (angelma) "news, message"
Background Story
Evangeline was invented by the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow for his 1847 epic poem Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie, about an Acadian girl and her search for her lost love Gabriel. The name is formed from the Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangelion), "good news". It is used in Bulgarian, Greek, Macedonian, Portuguese and Spanish, and was borrowed into Tagalog from English. 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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Variations
Eva, Evangelinea, Vangeline
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