Evangelista Family History
Evangelista Name 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 Saint John the Evangelist.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022