Given name & surname
Eugenio
“a wellborn man”
Eugenio is a form of Eugene. One Greek interpretation is “a wellborn man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eugenio is a form of Eugene. One Greek interpretation is “a wellborn man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Eugenio is a form of Eugene. Eugene has been associated with Old French and Greek naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Eugenio developed from Εὐγένιος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eugenio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,984
- 4,984 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 82 babies
- 2025
- 36
- #3,268 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 36 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,268 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 1.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 82 in 1982. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (18). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 10,199 as a first name in 2020; 2,379 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.
Eugenio’s family of names
Eugenio shares a linguistic root with Eugene. In Italian usage, Eugenio has a conventional equivalent in the German form Eugen. Eugenio has a related form in Eugene.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Eugenio has relatives in 12 languages.
14 related names in 12 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 22
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Eugenio
- Pope Pius XIIpope of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 19581876–1958
- Eugenio MontaleItalian poet (1896-1981)
- Eugenio BeltramiItalian mathematician (1835–1900)
- Eugenio MenaChilean footballerborn 1988
- Eugene de BlaasItalian painter (1843-1931)
- Eugenio DerbezMexican comedian and actorborn 1962
- Eugenio CastellottiItalian racecar driver1930–1957
- Eugenio BarbaItalian theatre directorborn 1936
- Eugenio Dal CorsoItalian cardinal (1939–2024)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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