Eugenia is a feminine first name related to the masculine name Eugene that comes from the Greek eugenes 'well-born', from eu- 'well' + genes 'born' (from genos).[1]
| Pronunciation | English: /juːˈdʒiːniə/ Greek: [evʝeˈnia] Italian: [euˈdʒɛːnja] Portuguese: [ewˈʒeniɐ] Galician: [uˈʃia] Spanish: [ewˈxenja] Catalan: [əwˈʒɛniə] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | nobility or "well-born" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Eugenius, Eugenio, Eugene, Eugenie, Evgenia |
Variants include Eugénia (Portuguese), Eugénie (French), Eugènia (Catalan), Uxía (Galician), Evgenia (Greek: Ευγενία), Eugenija (Lithuanian) and Yevgenia or Yevgeniya (Russian: Евгения; also transliterated as Evgenia or Evgeniya) as well as Yevheniia in Ukraine.
Notable people
- Eugenia of Rome (died c. 258), Roman Christian martyr
- Eugenia Smet (1825–1871), French nun, founder of the Society of the Helpers of the Holy Souls
- Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg (1845–1925)
- Eugenia Abu, Nigerian journalist
- Eugenia Bonetti, Italian nun
- Eugenia Bujak, Lithuanian-Polish cyclist
- Eugenia Calle (1952–2009), American cancer epidemiologist
- Eugênia Câmara (1837–1879), Portuguese actress
- Eugenia Caruso, Italian actress and screenwriter
- Eugenia Cauduro (born 1968), Mexican actress
- Eugenia Shi-Chia Chang, South African Member of Parliament
- Eugenia Charles (1919–2005), Prime Minister of Dominica
- Eugenia Cheng, British mathematician, educator, and concert pianist
- Eugenia Chuprina (born 1971), Ukrainian poet, writer, and playwright
- Eugenia Clinchard (1909–1989), American child actress
- Eugenia Cooney (born 1994), American internet personality
- Eugenia Errázuriz (1860–1951), Chilean patroness of the arts
- Eugenia Falleni (1875–1939), Italian-Australian transgender man convicted of murder
- Eugenia Gabrieluk (born 1967), Russian pianist
- Eugenia Williamson Hume (1865–1899), American elocutionist and educator
- Eugenia Kisimova (1831–1885), Bulgarian women's rights activist
- Eugenia Kuzmina (born 1987), Russian-American model and actress
- Eugenia Mandzhieva (born 1985), Russian fashion model and actress of Kalmyk descent
- Eugenia St. John Mann (1847-1932), American evangelist and temperance lecturer
- Eugenia Manolidou (born 1975), Greek composer and conductor
- Eugenia Malinnikova (born 1974), Russian mathematician
- Eugenia L. Mobley (1922–2011), American dentist, college dean
- Eugenia de Montijo (1826–1920), wife of Napoleon III of France
- Eugenia Campbell Nowlin (1908–2003), American arts administrator, artist
- Eugenia Paul (1935–2010), American actress and dancer
- Eugenia del Pino (born 1945), Ecuadorian developmental biologist
- Eugenia Popa (born 1973), Romanian gymnast
- Eugenia Popescu-Județ (1925–2011), Romanian dancer
- Eugenia Price (1916–1996), American author
- Eugenia Rasponi (1873–1958), Italian noblewoman, suffragist, and businesswoman
- Eugenia Ravasio (1907–1990), Italian Catholic nun and mystic
- Eugenia Silva (born 1976), Spanish model
- Eugenia Smith (1899–1997), claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
- Eugenia Tsoumani-Spentza (died 2020), Greek politician
- Eugenia Tymoshenko (born 1980), Ukrainian entrepreneur and activist
- Eugenia Volodina (born 1984), Russian supermodel
- Eugenia Washington (1838–1900), American Catholic historian, civil servant, and one of the founders of Daughters of the American Revolution
- Eugenia Yuan (born 1976), American gymnast and actress
- Eugenia Zukerman (born 1944), American flautist
Fictional characters
- Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, a protagonist in The Help
- Eugenia Randolph Lord, a character in One Life to Live
- Eugenia Dermody, a character in season 1 of Ozark
- Eugenia, a minor character in season 1 and 2 of Snowpiercer
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