I am in England and to us it does not seem too obviously religious at all. in fact my husband and i are not especially religious in the traditional sense and we love the name evangeline. in fact it is in our top 3 names for our dd due in a couple of weeks, along with
Mabel and
Pearl. i love it its a cute name, and if it were shortened to
Jeanie (as we would) or
Evie i don't think anybody could even comment on the religious nature of the name.
Love clara