Eugenie

Where Eugenie comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Eugenie.

  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Eugenie through the years
  1. 1825
    Eugenie Marlitt born
    German writer
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #679 among girls, with 7 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1887
    Peak, #412
    28 babies named Eugenie, its best rank.
  4. 1890
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #727.
  5. 1922
    Eugenie Clark born
    American ichthyologist
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Eugenia via French Eugénie.
Namesakes
  • Eugenie Marlitt · German writer, 1825–1887
  • Eugenie Clark · American ichthyologist, 1922–2015
  • Eugenie Scott · American anthropologist, born 1945
  • Eugenie Besserer · actress, 1868–1934
  • Eugenie Goldstern · Austrian geographer, 1884–1942

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.