Eugenia - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 4 syll. eu-ge-nia, eug-en-ia ] The girl name Eugenia is pronounced YUWJHIYNiyah ^KEY. Eugenia has its origins in the Old Greek language. It is used largely in English, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian, and Spanish. Derived from eugenes 'well born, noble' ; eu 'good, well' ; genos 'birth, descent'. Eugenia was a semi-legendary 3rd-century saint of whom little is known; she supposedly disguised herself as a man and became an abbot in a monastery. The name was in use by English speakers in the Middle Ages, although it was not popular. The form Eugénie was later popularized in 19th-century England out of sympathy and respect for Napoleon III's wife, the French Empress Eugénie (1826-1920), who lived much of her later years in England. The asteroid '45 Eugenia' was named after her. In recent times, the name is known from Princess Eugénie (1990-), one of the daughters of the Duke and Duchess of York. Eugenia is the feminine version of the English Eugene.

Eugenia has 16 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. Eugena is a form of the name that is used in English. Other English variants include the pet forms Gene, Genie, and Gina (used in Italian, and Scandinavian as well).

Forms of Eugenia used in foreign languages include the Portuguese Efigênia, the German Eugenie, the French Eugénie, the Portuguese Eugênia, the Basque Eukene, the Greek Evgenia, the Slavic Evgenija, the Russian and Slavic Evgeniya, the Czech Evzenie, the Galician Uxía, and the Russian Yevgeniya. The short form Genia (German) is another foreign variant.

Eugenia is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1919, 0.052% of baby girls were named Eugenia. It had a ranking of #260 then. The baby name has substantially dropped in popularity since then, and is currently of only sporadic use. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly related to Eugenia, the English, Italian, Scandinavian, Russian, Spanish, and German Gina was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Eugenia include the Portuguese Eugênia, the English Yesenia, the English Yessenia, the English Eugena, the German Eugenie, the French Eugénie, the English, German, and Slavic Jasmina, the Iranian Yasamin, the English and Hindu Yasiman, the English Yasimine, the English, Iranian, and Spanish Yasmina, the English Yazmean, the English Yesmina, the name Yoshino, the Basque Eukene, the English Yaasmin, the Turkish Yasemin, the English Yashmine, the English Yasma, and the English Yasmain.

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