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 |
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.
Many people have had this name, including:
- Saint Eugenia of Rome (died 258)
- Blessed Eugenia Smet (1825–1871)
- Princess Eugenie of York (born 1990), British royalty
- Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566–1633), daughter of Philip II of Spain
- Eugenia Bonetti, Italian nun
- Eugênia Câmara (1837–1879), Portuguese actress
- Dame Eugenia Charles (1919–2005), Prime Minister of Dominica
- Evgenia Kanaeva (born 1990), Russian rhythmic gymnast, Two-time Olympic champion
- 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
- Evgenia Medvedeva (born 1999), Russian ladies figure skater
- 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
- María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira (1875–1924), Uruguayan teacher and poet
- Eugenia Volodina (born 1984), Russian supermodel
- Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg (1887–1969), consort of King Alfonso XIII of Spain
- Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904–1977), Russian historian and writer
- Yevgeniya Rudneva (1920–1944), Soviet (Ukrainian) World War II female combat pilot
- Genė Galinytė (born 1945), Lithuanian rower
- Gene Tierney (1920–1991), American film and stage actress
- Eugenia (Lady of Quality), a pseudonym used by an unknown protofeminist of the 18th century
References
- Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon s.v.
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