Eugenia (given name) explained

Eugenia
Pronunciation:
in Greek, Modern (1453-); evʝeˈnia/
pronounced as /it/
pronounced as /pt/
pronounced as /gl/
pronounced as /es/
in Catalan; Valencian əwˈʒɛniə/
Gender:Female
Meaning:nobility or "well-born"
Origin:Greek
Related Names:Eugenius, Eugenio, Eugene, Eugenie, Evgenia

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]

Variants include Eugénia (Portuguese), Eugénie (French), Eugènia (Catalan), Uxía (Galician), Evgenia (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ευγενία), Eugenija (Lithuanian) and Yevgenia or Yevgeniya (Russian: Евгения; also transliterated as Evgenia or Evgeniya) as well as Yevheniia in Ukraine.

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Notes and References

  1. Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon s.v.