Eunice

Where Eunice comes from

A biblical name from Ancient Greek Εὐνίκη (Euníkē), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + νίκη (níkē, “victory”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Eunice
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1819
    Eunice Newton Foote born
    American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #182 among girls — 67 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1908
    Peak, #106
    676 babies named Eunice — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1921
    Eunice Kennedy Shriver born
    American philanthropist; founder of the Special Olympics; sister of John F. Kennedy
  5. 1960
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #533.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Eunice Newton Foote · American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist, 1819–1888
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver · American philanthropist; founder of the Special Olympics; sister of John F. Kennedy, 1921–2009
  • Eunice Gayson · English actress, 1928–2018
  • Eunice Barber · Sierra Leonean athlete competing in heptathlon and long jump, born 1974
  • Eunice Kirwa · Kenyan-Bahraini long-distance runner, born 1984

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.