Eugenie

YOO-zjen-ee or oo-ZJAY-nee

French form of Eugenia, Greek

"wellborn, noble"

Eugenie Origin and Meaning

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

Eugenie enjoyed a major dusting off when Fergie and Prince Andrew chose it for their daughter, restoring a patina of royal sheen it hadn't had since the time of Napoleon III's glamorous empress--who spent much of her life in England. It was also borne by Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, after whom Prince Andrew's younger daughter was named.

Eugenie is the title character of a Balzac novel, Eugenie Grandet and also the full name of Scarlet and Rhett's daughter, nicknamed Bonnie Blue because of the color of her eyes, in Gone With the Wind.

The elegant Eugenie is pronounced differently in different countries. The princess says YOO-zjen-ee while the French pronunciation is more like oo-ZJAY-nee and the Germans say oy-GAIN-ee-ah.

Eugenie Rank in US Top 1000

# 855 in the US

Eugenie Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1969 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Eugenie

• 1969 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Eugenie

• Eugenie de Montijo (born María Eugenia Ignacia Augustina de Palafox y KirkPatrick) Empress consort of Napoleon III of France
• Eugenie Victoria Helena of York Princess of the UK, daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York
• Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena of Battenberg Queen consort of Alfonso XIII of Spain
• (Charlotta) Eugénie Augusta Amalia Albertina Princess of Sweden and Norway
• Eugénie Hortense Auguste Napoléone de Beauharnais Princess of Leuchtenberg
• Eugénie Princess of Greece and Denmark
• Eugenie Ann "Genie" Francis Frakes American actress
• Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard Canadian tennis player
• Eugenie Anne Claudine Le Sommer French footballer
• Eugenie Besserer American actress
• Eugenie Forde American silent film actress
• Eugénie Mouchon Niboyet, French feminist author
• Eugénie D'Hannetaire (born Marie Louis,Philippine,Eugénie Servandoni), French actress
• Eugénie de Guérin French writer

The name Eugenie in Pop Culture

• "Eugenie Grandet " 1833 novel by Honore de Balzac
• "Eugenie Sandler P.I. " Australian children's TV series
• "Eugénie " play by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
• Eugenie Danglars daughter of Baron Danglars in "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas
• Eugenie Victoria "Bonnie Blue" Buttler daugher of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind"