Eugenia

Where Eugenia comes from

From Ancient Greek Εὐγενία (Eugenía), feminine form of Εὐγένιος (Eugénios) ( =Eugene) "well born".
— Wiktionary's entry for Eugenia
  • Ancient Greek
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #247 among girls — 40 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1882
    Peak, #190
    73 babies named Eugenia — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1919
    Eugenia Charles born
    Prime Minister of Dominica
  4. 2002
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #4,071.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek. Variant: Eugenie.
Namesakes
  • Eugenia Charles · Prime Minister of Dominica, 1919–2005

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.