Evangeline comes from the Greek euangelion (εὐαγγέλιον) — eu (good) + angelos (messenger) — meaning "good news" or "gospel." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1847 epic poem Evangeline, about an Acadian heroine separated from her love during the British expulsion of French settlers from Acadia (Nova Scotia), gave the name international fame.
Evangeline entered the U.S. top 1000 in 1880, faded, and has returned dramatically in the 2010s and 2020s. Today it sits in the U.S. top 200 and is climbing fast.
Evangeline reduces to one — the number of glad announcement.