Given name
Eugenie
“a wellborn woman”
In English use, Eugenie has a related form in Eugenia. In Greek use, Eugenia carries the interpretation “a wellborn woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Eugenie has a related form in Eugenia. In Greek use, Eugenia carries the interpretation “a wellborn woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Eugenie is a form of Eugenia. Eugenia comes from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eugenie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,415
- 0 boys · 3,415 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 72 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,249 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,249 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 72 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,549 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eugenie’s family of names
In English usage, Eugenie has a diminutive in Genie. In English usage, Eugenie has a related form in Eugenia. In German usage, Eugenie has a conventional equivalent in the English form Eugenia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Eugenie has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
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.
- Evgeniaequivalent
- Eugenmasculine form
- Evgenijaequivalent
- Eugèniaequivalent
- Εὐγενίαequivalent
- Яўгеніяequivalent
- Eugêniaequivalent
- EvženieCzech
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People named Eugenie
- Eugenie BouchardCanadian tennis playerborn 1994
- Princess Eugenieyounger daughter of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and Sarah Fergusonborn 1990
- Eugenie ClarkAmerican ichthyologist (1922–2015)
- Eugenie ScottAmerican anthropologistborn 1945
- Eugenie SchwarzwaldAustrian educator and writer (1872-1940)
- Eugenie Bessereractress (1868-1934)
- Eugenie GoldsternAustrian geographer (1884–1942)
- Eugenie Fordeactress (1879-1940)
- Eugenie AndersonAmerican diplomat (1909-1997)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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