Eugenia (given name)
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] |
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| Gender | Female |
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| 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 with the name include:
- Saint Eugenia of Rome (died 258)
- Blessed Eugenia Smet (1825–1871), French nun, founder of the Society of the Helpers of the Holy Souls
- Princess Eugenie of York (born 1990), British royalty
- Eugenia Bonetti, Italian nun
- Eugênia Câmara (1837–1879), Portuguese actress
- Eugenia Campbell Nowlin (1908–2003), American arts administrator, artist
- Eugenia Charles (1919–2005), Prime Minister of Dominica
- Eugenia Chuprina (b. 1971) Ukrainian poet, writer, playwright
- Eugenia Cooney (born 1994), American Internet personality
- Eugenia Kisimova (1831–1885) Bulgarian women's rights activist
- Eugenia Errázuriz (1860–1951), Chilean patron of the arts
- 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 Popa (born 1973), Romanian gymnast
- Eugenia Popescu-Județ (1925–2011), Romanian dancer
- Eugenia Price (1916–1996), American author
- Eugenia Smith (1899–1997), claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
- Eugenia Tsoumani-Spentza (died 2020), Greek politician
- Eugenia Volodina (born 1984), Russian supermodel
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