Last name origin & meaning: Italian: from Evangelista ‘evangelist’ (a derivative of
Greek euangelos ‘bringer of good news’, from eu ‘well’,
‘good’ + angelos ‘messenger’). This is the term used to denote
any of the four gospel writers of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark,
Luke, and John), in particular St. John the Evangelist. Famous people with this last name:
Linda Evangelista
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