Given name · Bulgarian · Russian
Евгения
“well-born, noble”
Евгения (Jevgénija) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.
Bulgarian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Eugene.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Евгения goes back to Ancient Greek Εὑγένιος, meaning “well-born, noble.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Евгения’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Евгения has an affectionate form in SENNI. In Russian usage, Евгения has a conventional equivalent in the English form Eugene. In Bulgarian usage, Евгения has a conventional equivalent in the English form Eugenia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Евгения has relatives in 21 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Евгения comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
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 35
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- EugeneEnglish
- EugeniaEnglish, Italian
- EugenioItalian, Spanish
- Eugenieequivalent
- Zhenyaequivalent
- Evgeniaequivalent
- EugenGerman
- OwenaWelsh
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- Ευγενίαequivalent
- Evgeníaequivalent
- Яўгеніяequivalent
- Yevheniiaequivalent
- Evgeniyaequivalent
- 葉夫根尼婭borrowing · Chinese
- EugénieFrench
- EvženieCzech
- Evgenijaequivalent
- Евге́нийhas masculine form
- EugèneFrench
- ЄвгенаUkrainian
- ЄвгеніяUkrainian
- ЕвгенијаSerbian
- EugénioPortuguese
- EugéniaPortuguese
- EugeniuszPolish
- EugèniOccitan
- EugèniaOccitan
- 유진Korean
- 楢眞Chinese
- OwennaWelsh
- JevgeniaEstonian
- JevgēnijaLatvian
- JevgeņijaLatvian
- YevgeniyaEnglish
- Εὐγενίαsource · Ancient Greek
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Евгения
- Evgenia MedvedevaRussian figure skaterborn 1999
- Evgeniya KanaevaRussian rhythmic gymnastborn 1990
- Yevgenia GinzburgRussian author of Jewish ancestry1903–1977
- Evgenia RadanovaBulgarian short track speed skaterborn 1977
- Evgenia TarasovaRussian pair skaterborn 1994
- Evgeniya RodinaRussian tennis playerborn 1989
- Yevgenia DobrovolskayaSoviet and Russian actress (1964–2025)
- Yevgeniya KolodkoRussian athleteborn 1990
- Yevgeniya PolyakovaRussian athletics competitor (born 1983)
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