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Евгений
“noble, high-born”
Евгений (Jevgénij) is a masculine given name from Byzantine Greek, meaning “noble, high-born.” It is used in Russian.
Bulgarian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Eugene.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Byzantine Greek Εὐγένιος (“noble, high-born”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Евгений’s family of names
In Russian usage, Евгений has a diminutive in Енюша. In Russian usage, Евгений has a conventional equivalent in the English form Eugene. In Russian usage, Евгений has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Eugenio.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Евгений has relatives in 20 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
30 related names in 20 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 42
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- EugeneEnglish
- Geneequivalent
- EugenioItalian, Spanish
- EugenGerman, Swedish
- Zhenyaequivalent
- Evhenequivalent
- Евгенequivalent
- Eugénequivalent
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- ΕυγένιοςGreek
- EugeniuszPolish
- EugèneFrench
- YevgenyEnglish
- EugeniusEnglish
- Evgeniequivalent
- Yevhenequivalent
- Євгенійequivalent
- Yawhenequivalent
- Evgenequivalent
- Eugeniequivalent
- Яўгенequivalent
- Eugenijusequivalent
- Yevheniyequivalent
- ევგენიequivalent
- Jevgeņijsequivalent
- Yevgeniequivalent
- Евге́нийhas masculine form
- ユージンJapanese
- EŭgenoEsperanto
- EvženCzech
- ЄвгенUkrainian
- EugênioPortuguese
- EugénioPortuguese
- 유진Korean
- 尤金Chinese
- JenőHungarian
- 貴族Japanese
- JevgenijSwedish, Czech
- EvgueniFrench
- JewgienijPolish
- 예브게니Korean
- JevgeniSpanish
- ЕвгениBulgarian
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Евгений
- Yevgeny PrigozhinRussian mercenary leader, oligarch, restaurateur, former owner of Wagner PVC (1961–2023)
- Yevgeny YevtushenkoSoviet and Russian poet (1933–2017)
- Yevgeny ZamyatinRussian author (1884–1937)
- Yevgeny Primakov4th Russian Prime Minister (1929–2015)
- Evgeny KissinRussian classical pianistborn 1971
- Evgeni PlushenkoRussian figure skater and figure skating coachborn 1982
- Eugene KasperskyRussian specialist in the information security fieldborn 1965
- Yevgeny VuchetichSoviet artist and pedagogue (1908-1974)
- Evgeni MalkinRussian ice hockey playerborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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