Evangelos

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Evangelos (Ευάγγελος) is a male Greek given name meaning good messenger .

Origin and meaning of the name

The name comes from the Greek language: derived from εὐαγγέλιον ( Gospel ) "Good News" or "Good News".

name day

March 25th , fitting the meaning of the name, the day of the feast of the Annunciation

carrier

  • Evangelos Alexandris (Greek Ευάγγελος Αλεξανδρής, born February 2, 1951 in Greece), former Greek basketball player and current coach
  • Evangelos Averoff-Tositsas (born April 17, 1910 in Trikala; † January 2, 1990 in Athens; Greek Ευάγγελος Αβέρωφ), conservative Greek politician, writer and industrialist of Aromanian (Vlachian) origin
  • Evangelos Damaskos (Greek Ευάγγελος Δαμάσκος; * / † unknown), Greek athlete who was active in the late 19th century
  • Evangelos Konstantinou (Ευάγγελος Κωνσταντίνου, * 1933 in Askri near Thebes; † 2015), German-Greek Byzantinist
  • Evangelos Mantzios (Greek Ευάγγελος Μάντζιος, born April 22, 1983 in Athens), Greek football player
  • Evangelos Maheras (Greek Ευάγγελος Μαχαίρας, * 1918; † November 13, 2015) Greek lawyer, rector of the University of Athens, politician and President of the World Peace Council
  • Evangelos Meimarakis (Greek Ευάγγελος Μεϊμαράκης, born December 14, 1953 in Athens), Greek politician
  • Evangelos Moras (Greek Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Μόρας, born August 26, 1981 in Larisa), Greek football player
  • Evangelos Nessos (born June 27, 1978), former German football player of Greek descent
  • Evangelos Pavlidis (Greek Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Παυλίδης ; * November 21, 1998), Greek football player, see Vangelis Pavlidis (football player)
  • Aristides Evangelos Phoutrides (Greek Αριστείδης Ευάγγελος Φουτρίδης, also in the transcription: Aristidis Evangelus Phutridis, * 1887 on the East Aegean island of Ikaria; † 1923 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA), Greek neo-classical philosopher and classical philosopher
  • Evangelos Tassopoulos (born January 1, 1971; pseudonym: Fivos ), Greek composer
  • Evangelos Tsantalis, founder of the Tsantali winery in Chalkidiki
  • Evangelos Venizelos (Greek Ευάγγελος Βενιζέλος; born January 1, 1957 in Thessaloniki), Greek lawyer and politician
  • Evangelos Vettas (born October 23, 1974), Greek pool player
  • Evangelos Vourtzoumis (Greek Ευάγγελος Βουρτζούμης, born October 30, 1969 in Greece), former Greek basketball player.
  • Evangelos Zappas (Greek Ευαγγέλης Ζάππας; * 1800 in Labovë e Madhe, today Albania; † 19 June 1865 in Broşteni (Ialomiţa), today Romania), Greek merchant and patron

Diminutive

  • Vangelis
  • Vangos

variants

  • Evangelia (gr. Ευαγγελία ), the feminine variant of the name

See also

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Evangelos Venizelos: Good messenger with bad news. OÖN , accessed on September 25, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Euro rescuers have Athens detained. Small newspaper , archived from the original on March 26, 2012 .;
  3. ↑ Greece struggles for a new government. The standard , accessed September 25, 2012 .