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
Eugenia through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #247 among girls, with 40 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1882
    Peak, #190
    73 babies named Eugenia, its best rank.
  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.