Given name & surname
Eufemia
“one who speaks well”
Eufemia is a form of Euphemia. One Greek interpretation is “one who speaks well.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eufemia is a form of Euphemia. One Greek interpretation is “one who speaks well.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Eufemia is a form of Euphemia. An origin associated with Euphemia is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian usage, Eufemia is a feminine form of Eufemio.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1902. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eufemia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 683
- 0 boys · 683 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 26 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,121 as a first name in 2020; 111 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eufemia’s family of names
In Polish usage, Eufemia has a diminutive in Ofka. In Italian usage, Eufemia is a feminine form of Eufemio. Eufemia is a form of Euphemia.
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Around the world
Eufemia has relatives in 10 languages.
11 related names in 10 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 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Euphemiaroot · English, German
- Eufemiomasculine form · Italian
- EuphémieFrench
- Femiaderivative · Italian
- Evfemijaequivalent
- Εὐφημίαgr
- ЕвфимияRussian
- EufêmiaPortuguese
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People named Eufemia
- EuphemiaChristian virgin and martyr saint289–304
- Eufemia von Adlersfeld-BallestremGerman novelist (1854-1941)
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