Girl · Ancient Greek
Eunice
Say it: YOO-nis
Meaning
Greek Eunikē, 'good victory' (eu 'good' and nikē 'victory').
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used by Puritans and common in the United States until the early 20th century.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 81,047 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1908, about 1 in 495 girls
- 103 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- Ancient Greece800 BC to 146 BC
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| French | Eunice |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Eunice |
| Portuguese | Eunice |
| Greek | Euniki |
| Greek | Evniki |
| Greek | Eunike |
Famous bearers
- Eunice, mother of Timothy in 2 Timothy
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Puritan church and town records of England and New England
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Parish baptism registers
- Colonial records of the Americas
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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