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]

Variants include Eugénia (Portuguese), Eugénie (French), Eugènia (Catalan), Uxía (Galician), Evgenia (Greek: Ευγενία), Eugenija (Lithuanian) and Yevgeniya or Yevgenia (Russian: Евгения).

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, 21st century, 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
• 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 for a protofeminist work in 1700

Places

• Metro Eugenia, subway station on the Mexico City Metro

References