ev.

In Germany evangelisch is the ordinary word for the Protestant churches, whether Lutheran, Reformed or united. Ev.-luth. means Evangelical Lutheran. A record that gives a family's religion as ev. tells you to search the Protestant church books rather than the Catholic ones.

Translating it as evangelical can mislead an American reader, for whom the word suggests a revival church. In a German record it simply means Protestant. Some modern documents also use ev. for eventuell (possibly), but next to a name it means the religion.