Meaning of the nameEvangelista

Male
Greek origin
Latin origin
E-van-ge-lis-ta

Evangelista is a masculine name of Greek origin, by way of Ecclesiastical Latin, meaning 'preacher of the Gospel'.

Meaning

“preacher of the Gospel”

People (2022): 5,395
Rank in Brazil: #2,605
Median age: 55 years
2010 Census: 6,398; people

Evangelista in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Evangelista, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (1,476 people).

450 women 4,945 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Evangelista is most common

States with the highest share of people named Evangelista in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Piauí 0.012%
Tocantins 0.009%
Maranhão 0.007%
Ceará 0.005%
Bahia 0.005%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	758	0.002%
Bahia	721	0.005%
Maranhão	485	0.007%
Ceará	462	0.005%
Minas Gerais	419	0.002%
Piauí	384	0.012%
Pará	252	0.003%
Goiás	248	0.004%
Pernambuco	208	0.002%
Paraíba	189	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	163	0.001%
Paraná	139	0.001%
Tocantins	137	0.009%
Rio Grande do Norte	134	0.004%
Mato Grosso	110	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	110	0.004%
Amazonas	99	0.003%
Distrito Federal	94	0.003%
Rondônia	48	0.003%
Sergipe	45	0.002%
Espírito Santo	41	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	38	0.000%
Alagoas	29	0.001%
Roraima	29	0.005%
Santa Catarina	20	0.000%
Acre	20	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Evangelista

Evangelista is also a common Portuguese word, meaning someone who preaches the Gospel. Wiktionary traces it to the Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs), by way of Ecclesiastical Latin and Old Galician-Portuguese, and the Portuguese Wiktionary lists it among the given names. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,395 people named Evangelista, with a median age of 55, most of them born in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

Sources

Wiktionary: evangelista · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wikcionário: evangelista · pt.wiktionary.org · usage
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Evangelista · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Evangelista

What does the name Evangelista mean?

Evangelista means “preacher of the Gospel”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Evangelista in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,395 people with the first name Evangelista, which ranks it number 2,605 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Evangelista a boy's or a girl's name?

Evangelista is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 450 women and 4,945 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Evangelista?

Evangelista is a name of Greek and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Evangelista most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.012% of the state's population is named Evangelista (384 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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