Eugénie

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Eugénie

Say it: uh-zhay-NEE

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Meaning

From Greek eugenēs 'well-born'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Popularised by the empress in the 1850s and revived in France recently.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1880s

In the United States

3,386 babies given this name since 1880
At its height in 1887, about 1 in 5,200 girls
6 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

English	Eugenia
Italian	Eugenia

Famous bearers

Empress Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III

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MelaniaGirlGreek melaina, 'black, dark'.Early Medieval · peak 2017

EulaliaGirlGreek eulalos, 'sweetly speaking, well-spoken'.Rome · peak 1893

EmmelineGirlFrom Old French Emeline, from a Germanic name built on amal or on Emma; the exact source is debated.Middle Ages · peak 2019

HortensiaGirlFeminine of Hortensius, probably from hortus 'garden'.Rome · peak 1928 · forgotten

MathildeGirlFrom Germanic maht 'might' and hild 'battle'.Middle Ages · peak 1887

ClementinaGirlDerived from Clemens 'merciful, mild'.Renaissance · peak 1908

EugeneBoyFrom Greek eugenēs 'well-born'.Early Medieval · peak 1928

EugeniaGirlGreek eugeneia, 'nobility, good birth' (eu 'good' and genos 'birth').Early Medieval · peak 1911

Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.