Evgenija

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Eugenia in AR Argentina, MX Mexico, BR Brazil and 10 more, Евгения in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 7 more, Evgenia in GE Georgia, DE Germany, GB United Kingdom and Evgeniya in FR France, NL Netherlands.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 18 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◐

Evgenija is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name132 records spelled Evgenija3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Côte d’Ivoire

  Also written Evgénija

• a separate given name105 records spelled Evgenija2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine

  Also written Ėvgenija

29 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●

Evgenija is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenbergb. 1845RUnot in their usual nameGerman princess (1845–1925)
• Yevgenia Ginzburgb. 1904RUnot in their usual nameRussian author of Jewish ancestry
• Yevgenia Markovna Albatsb. 1958RUnot in their usual nameRussian political journalist, political scientist, social activist and writer
• Evgenia Shishkovab. 1972RUnot in their usual nameRussian pair skater
• Evgenia Radanovab. 1977BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian short track speed skater
• Eugenia Hirivskayab. 1981RUnot in their usual nameRussian actress (1981–2022)
• Evgenia Obraztsovab. 1984RUnot in their usual nameballerina
• Evgeniya Rodinab. 1989RUnot in their usual nameRussian tennis player
• Yevgeniya Kanayevab. 1990RUnot in their usual nameRussian rhythmic gymnast
• Evgenia Medvedevab. 1999RUnot in their usual nameRussian figure skater

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 · 68 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Evgenija?

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

In which country does Evgenija have the most bearers?

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

How common is Evgenija compared with other names?

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

Is Evgenija a male or female name?

Evgenija 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.