Evangelina

  • [ ə-VAN-jə-lee-nə (English) ]
  • Spanish, English
Latinate form of EVANGELINE.

EVANGELINE   female   English
Means "good news" from Greek ευ (eu) "good" and αγγελμα (angelma) "news, message". It was (first?) used by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his epic poem 'Evangeline' (1847). It also appears in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' (1852) as the full name of the character Eva.
EQUIVALENTS
BULGARIAN: Evangeliya
ENGLISH: Evangelina, Evangeline
MACEDONIAN: Evangelija
SPANISH: Evangelina
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
MACEDONIAN: Vangelija
MASCULINE FORMS
GREEK: Evangelos, Vangelis
MACEDONIAN: Vangel