Given name & surname · also Late Greek
Eunice
“one who conquers”
Eunice is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “one who conquers.”
Original GreekΕυνίκη
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who conquers.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
Its Late Greek formation brings together eu (“well, good”) and niké (“victory”).
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
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Eunice appears in 2 Timothy 1:5.
From biblical name research
Eunice through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 81,514
- 1,178 boys · 80,336 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 2,278 babies
- 2025
- 77
- #2,362 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −28%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 77 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,362 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 28.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 2,240 in 1921. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 31,650 as a first name in 2020; 571 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.
Eunice’s family of names
In English usage, Eunice has a diminutive in NICEY. In English usage, Eunice developed from the Ancient Greek form Εὐνίκη. Eunice has a related form in Eunise.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Eunice has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Eunice comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 8
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 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ΕυνίκηGreek
- Εὐνίκηroot · Ancient Greek
- EunikaPolish
- Unicerelated form
- यूनिसborrowing · Hindi
- EoinícéIrish
- ⲉⲩⲛⲓⲕⲏCoptic
- EunysManx
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See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Eunice
- Nina SimoneAmerican singer, songwriter and pianist and civil rights activist (1933–2003)
- Eunice Newton FooteAmerican scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888)
- Eunice Kennedy ShriverAmerican philanthropist; founder of the Special Olympics; sister of John F. Kennedy (1921–2009)
- Eunice GaysonEnglish actress (1928–2018)
- Eunice KirwaKenyan-Bahraini long-distance runnerborn 1984
- Eunice BarberSierra Leonean athlete competing in heptathlon and long jumpborn 1974
- Eunice JepkorirKenyan steeplechase athleteborn 1982
- Eunice SumKenyan middle-distance runnerborn 1988
- Eunice SanbornAmerican supercentenarian (1896–2011)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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