Given name · Ukrainian
Євген
“noble, high-born”
Євген (Jevhén) is a masculine given name from Byzantine Greek, meaning “noble, high-born.” It is used in Ukrainian.
UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Êvgen.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Byzantine Greek Εὐγένιος (“noble, high-born”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Євген’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Євген has a conventional equivalent in the German form Eugen. In Ukrainian usage, Євген has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Eugeniusz. In Ukrainian usage, Євген has a conventional equivalent in the French form Eugène.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Євген has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
8 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Eugeneequivalent
- EugenGerman
- Yevgenyequivalent
- Evgenequivalent
- Yevheniyequivalent
- Eugénequivalent
- ЕвгенийRussian
- ΕυγένιοςGreek
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See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Євген
- Yevhen KonoplyankaUkrainian footballerborn 1989
- Yevhen KhacheridiUkrainian footballerborn 1987
- Yevhen SeleznyovUkrainian footballerborn 1985
- Yevhen SelinUkrainian footballerborn 1988
- Yevhen Konovaletsmilitary commander of the UNR army and political leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement (1891-1938)
- Eugene HützUkrainian-American singer, composer, disc jockey, and actorborn 1972
- Yevhen MarchukUkrainian politician (1941-2021)
- Yevhen MakarenkoUkrainian footballerborn 1991
- Yevhen RudakovSoviet footballer (1942-2011)
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