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.

Eugenia Rank in US Top 1000

# 965 in the US

Eugenia Popularity

• 1504 Nameberry 2024

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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 Genie,uh"