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This article is about the given name. For the Mexico City subway station, see
Metro Eugenia .
Eugenia is a feminine first name related to the masculine name
Eugene that comes from the
Greek eugenes 'well-born', from eu - 'well' + genes 'born' (from genos ).
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Variants include Eugénia (
Portuguese ),
Eugénie (
French ), Eugènia (
Catalan ), Uxía (
Galician ),
Evgenia (
Greek : Ευγενία ),
Eugenija (
Lithuanian ) and Yevgenia or Yevgeniya (
Russian : Евгения ; also transliterated as Evgenia or Evgeniya) as well as Yevheniia in Ukraine.
Notable people
Eugenia of Rome (died c. 258), Roman Christian martyr
Eugenia Smet (1825–1871), French nun, founder of the Society of the Helpers of the Holy Souls
Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg (1845–1925)
Eugenia Abu , Nigerian journalist
Eugenia Bonetti , Italian nun
Eugenia Bujak , Lithuanian-Polish cyclist
Eugenia Calle (1952–2009), American cancer epidemiologist
Eugênia Câmara (1837–1879), Portuguese actress
Eugenia Caruso , Italian actress and screenwriter
Eugenia Cauduro (born 1968), Mexican actress
Eugenia Shi-Chia Chang , South African Member of Parliament
Eugenia Charles (1919–2005), Prime Minister of Dominica
Eugenia Cheng , British mathematician, educator, and concert pianist
Eugenia Chuprina (born 1971), Ukrainian poet, writer, and playwright
Eugenia Clinchard (1909–1989), American child actress
Eugenia Cooney (born 1994), American internet personality
Eugenia Errázuriz (1860–1951), Chilean patroness of the arts
Eugenia Falleni (1875–1939), Italian-Australian transgender man convicted of murder
Eugenia Gabrieluk (born 1967), Russian pianist
Eugenia Kisimova (1831–1885), Bulgarian women's rights activist
Eugenia Kuzmina (born 1987), Russian-American model and actress
Eugenia Mandzhieva (born 1985), Russian fashion model and actress of Kalmyk descent
Eugenia St. John Mann (1847-1932), American evangelist and temperance lecturer
Eugenia Manolidou (born 1975), Greek composer and conductor
Eugenia Malinnikova (born 1974), Russian mathematician
Eugenia L. Mobley (1922–2011), American dentist, college dean
Eugenia de Montijo (1826–1920), wife of Napoleon III of France
Eugenia Campbell Nowlin (1908–2003), American arts administrator, artist
Eugenia Paul (1935–2010), American actress and dancer
Eugenia del Pino (born 1945), Ecuadorian developmental biologist
Eugenia Popa (born 1973), Romanian gymnast
Eugenia Popescu-Județ (1925–2011), Romanian dancer
Eugenia Price (1916–1996), American author
Eugenia Rasponi (1873–1958), Italian noblewoman, suffragist, and businesswoman
Eugenia Ravasio (1907–1990), Italian Catholic nun and mystic
Eugenia Silva (born 1976), Spanish model
Eugenia Smith (1899–1997), claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
Eugenia Tsoumani-Spentza (died 2020), Greek politician
Eugenia Tymoshenko (born 1980), Ukrainian entrepreneur and activist
Eugenia Volodina (born 1984), Russian supermodel
Eugenia Washington (1838–1900), American Catholic historian, civil servant, and one of the founders of Daughters of the American Revolution
Eugenia Yuan (born 1976), American gymnast and actress
Eugenia Zukerman (born 1944), American flautist
Fictional characters
Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, a protagonist in
The Help
Eugenia Randolph Lord, a character in
One Life to Live
Eugenia Dermody, a character in season 1 of
Ozark
Eugenia, a minor character in season 1 and 2 of
Snowpiercer
References
^ Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
s.v.