Eugenia

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Евгения in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 7 more, Evgenia in GE Georgia, DE Germany, GB United Kingdom, Evgeniya in FR France, NL Netherlands and Євгенія in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Eugenia is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name365K records spelled Eugenia32 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Venezuela, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, Portuguese, German

  Also written Eugênia, Eugénia, Eugènia, Eügenia, Eugëniã

• a separate given name34K records spelled Eugenia7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, United Kingdom, Bolivia

  Also written Eugènia, Eugénia, Eugênia, Eugenià, Eugenía

• Romanian given name24K records spelled Eugenia5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Moldova, Romania, United States, Philippines

  Also written Euğenia, Eugênia, Eugénia

• Catalan given name13K records spelled Eugenia2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Argentina, Andorra

  Also written Eugènia

• Lao given name4.3K records spelled Eugenia10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Chile, United States, Thailand

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Eugénia, Eugenía, ยูจีเนีย, Eugênia, Eugènia

• Indonesian given name3.2K records spelled Eugenia4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Spain

  Also written Eugénia, Eugênia, Eugènia

• Finnish given name3.0K records spelled Eugenia4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Spain, Estonia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Eugênia, Eugénia

75 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Eugenia is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, a female given name, masculine equivalent Eugenio, equivalent to English Eugenia

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, A female given name from Ancient Greek. Variant: Eugenie.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Portuguese, eugenics (science of improving stock)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Arbre ou arbrisseau des régions chaudes d’Asie et d’Amérique, voisin du myrte, dont les fruits sont souvent comestibles. Il reçut son nom par référence au prince Eugène de Savoie (1663-1736).

  as a name·2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)

• In Swedish, Eugenia är en femininform till Eugenius (→ Eugen). Eugénie är en fransk form och Evgenia en slavisk. I den rikssvenska almanackan 5 november och i den finlandssvenska 16 juni.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spainb. 1566ESInfanta of Spain, Archduchess of Austria (1566-1633)
• Désirée Claryb. 1777FRnot in their usual nameQueen of Sweden and Norway as the consort of Charles XIV John
• Eugenia de Montijob. 1826ESEmpress consort of the French from 1853 to 1870 (1826–1920)
• Princess Eugénie of Swedenb. 1830SEnot in their usual nameSwedish princess; daughter of Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1830–1889)
• Louise of Swedenb. 1851SEnot in their usual nameQueen consort of Denmark; wife of Frederick VIII of Denmark
• María Cristina de Borbón y Battenbergb. 1911ESnot in their usual nameSpanish infanta, daughter of Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1911–1996)
• Mary Eugenia Charlesb. 1919DMPrime Minister of Dominica
• Victoria Ruffob. 1962MXnot in their usual nameMexican actress
• Victoria Villarruelb. 1975ARnot in their usual nameVice President of Argentina since 2023
• María Eugenia Suárezb. 1992ARArgentinian actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 933 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Eugenia?

We estimate roughly 174 thousand people bear Eugenia (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Eugenia have the most bearers?

Eugenia is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled евгения.

How common is Eugenia compared with other names?

In Russia, Eugenia is the 46th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Eugenia a male or female name?

Eugenia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Eugenia mean?

Recorded meaning: Feminine form of Greek Eugenios or Latin Eugenius; see Eugene.