Entry № 3163 · Greek origin

Evangelia Evangelia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ eh-vahn-geh-LEE-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Good news (Greek Orthodox heritage)"
Syllables
5
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "good news (greek orthodox heritage)".

Evangelia is from the Greek euangélion (good news, gospel — from eu good + angelos messenger). Evangelia Aravani (born 1985) — modern Greek figure. Saint Evangelia Lavras — Greek Orthodox saint. Evangelia of Methymna — Greek Orthodox saint. Lia (Greek diminutive) — popular short form. Princess Evangelia — Greek Orthodox heritage naming.

Good news (Greek Orthodox).

The name in its native script.

Ευαγγελία
Transliteration
Evangelía
Pronunciation
/ ˌɛv.ænˈɡɛl.i.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Evangelia stands.

Evangelia does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Evangelias before her.

Real people
Maria Callas (Evangelia Kalogeropoulou)
Iconic 20th-c. opera soprano.
1923 – 1977
In fiction
Evangelia
Greek for good news / gospel.

Names connected to Evangelia.

The number behind Evangelia.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Evangelia reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.