Pronunciation | English: /juːˈdʒiːniə/ Greek: [evʝeˈnia] Italian: [euˈdʒɛːnja] Portuguese: [ewˈʒeniɐ] Galician: [uˈʃia] Spanish: [ewˈxenja] Catalan: [əwˈʒɛniə] |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Greek |
Meaning | nobility or "well-born" |
Other names | |
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 : Ευγενία), Eugenija (Lithuanian) and Yevgenia or Yevgeniya (Russian : Евгения; also transliterated as Evgenia or Evgeniya), In Ukraine the russianized form is Yevheniia, but the folk form of the name is Yivha (Євгенія).