Eugenia

Feminine variation of Eugene, Greek
"wellborn, noble"

Eugenia Origin and Meaning

The name Eugenia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "wellborn, noble".

Eugenia, a name scarcely used at all since the 1980's, is another that flourished a century ago and could be due for a revival.

Eugenia has some interesting literary references, including the fascinating Baroness Eugenie Munster in Henry James's The Europeans and Eugenia Alabaster, a leading character in A. S. Byatt's Angels and Insects, and it was also the birth name of Skeeter in the book and film The Help.

The third century St. Eugenia, an early Roman Christian martyr, is remembered for disguising herself as a man to escape persecution.

Music lovers will be familiar with the name of renowned flute virtuoso Eugenia Zukerman.

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Famous People Named Eugenia

  • Saint Eugenia of Rome
    early martyr
  • (María) Eugenia Ignacia Augustina de Palafox
    Portocarrero de Guzmán y Kirkpatrick, birth name of Eugenie de Montijo, Empress consort of Napoleon III of France
  • Eugenia Maximilianovna
    Princess of Leuchtenberg, Duchess Alexander of Oldenburg
  • Charlotta Eugenia Augusta Amalia Albertina "Eugénie
    " Princess of Sweden and Norway
  • Eugenia Charles
    Prime Minister of Dominica
  • Eugenia Errázuriz
    Chilean patron of the arts
  • Eugenia Manolidou
    Greek composer and conductor
  • Eugenia Price
    American novelist
  • Eugenia Smith
    claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
  • Eugenia Câmara
    Portuguese actress
  • Eugenia Sullivan Cooney
    American YouTuber who's best known for having an extremely thin body
  • (María) Eugenia Martínez de Irujo y Fitz
    James Stuart, 12th Duchess of Montoro
  • María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira
    Uruguayan teacher and poet
  • Eugenia Volodina
    Russian model
  • Eugenia
    Princess of Hanover (b. 2001) daughter of Prince Heinrich of Hanover

Eugenia in Pop Culture

  • Eugenia Cooney
    Youtuber
  • Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan
    in the U.S. novel and film "The Help"
  • Eugenia Willans
    character on American soap "Days of Our Lives"
  • Eugenia Spence
    character in the Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray
  • Eugenia Victoria
    Scarlet O'Hara's intended name for her daughter in "Gone With the Wind"
  • English: "you
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