Evangelina is the Spanish-Italian elaboration of Evangeline — from the Greek *euangelion* ("good news, gospel"). **A top-1000 US baby name through the 20th century in Hispanic communities, rising in the 21st century**. **Evangelina Cisneros (1877-1970)** — Cuban revolutionary; her 1897 escape from a Havana prison, orchestrated by William Randolph Hearst's *New York Journal* reporter Karl Decker, became one of the most-publicized news events of the late-19th century and helped fuel American public support for the Spanish-American War of 1898. **The escape and Hearst's coverage are considered foundational examples of "yellow journalism"**. **Evangelina Elizondo (1929-2017)** — Mexican actress and singer; the original Spanish-language voice of Cinderella in the Disney 1950 film's Latin American dub. **Evangelina Sosa** — Mexican actress (*Rosa Salvaje*). **Evangelina Aronne** — Argentine pianist. **Evangelina Anderson** — Argentine model. **The name Evangelina also features prominently in Mexican and Cuban literature alongside its English equivalent Evangeline — the heroine of Longfellow's epic poem about the 1755 Acadian expulsion**. **Evangelina Salazar** — Argentine actress; wife of singer Palito Ortega. **The diminutives Eva, Eve, Vangie, and Lina are all derived from Evangelina**.
Featured throughout Hispanic literature and 19th-century American journalism.
Evangelina reduces to two — the number of yellow journalism.