Eugenia (given name)

Eugenia is a feminine first name related to the masculine name Eugene that comes from the Greek eugenes 'well-born', from eu- 'well' + genes 'born' (from genos).

Variants include Eugénia (Portuguese), Eugénie (French), Eugènia (Catalan), Uxía (Galician), Evgenia (Ευγενία), Eugenija (Lithuanian) and Yevgenia or Yevgeniya (Евгения; also transliterated as Evgenia or Evgeniya) as well as Yevheniia in Ukraine.

Notable people

 * Eugenia of Rome (died c. 258), Roman Christian martyr
 * Eugenia Smet (1825–1871), French nun, founder of the Society of the Helpers of the Holy Souls
 * Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg (1845–1925)
 * Eugenia Abu, Nigerian journalist
 * Eugenia Bonetti, Italian nun
 * Eugenia Bujak, Lithuanian-Polish cyclist
 * Eugenia Calle (1952–2009), American cancer epidemiologist
 * Eugênia Câmara (1837–1879), Portuguese actress
 * Eugenia Caruso, Italian actress and screenwriter
 * Eugenia Cauduro (born 1968), Mexican actress
 * Eugenia Shi-Chia Chang, South African Member of Parliament
 * Eugenia Charles (1919–2005), Prime Minister of Dominica
 * Eugenia Cheng, British mathematician, educator, and concert pianist
 * Eugenia Chuprina (born 1971), Ukrainian poet, writer, and playwright
 * Eugenia Clinchard (1909–1989), American child actress
 * Eugenia Cooney (born 1994), American internet personality
 * Eugenia Errázuriz (1860–1951), Chilean patroness of the arts
 * Eugenia Falleni (1875–1939), Italian-Australian transgender man convicted of murder
 * Eugenia Gabrieluk (born 1967), Russian pianist
 * Eugenia Williamson Hume (1865–1899), American elocutionist and educator
 * Eugenia Kisimova (1831–1885), Bulgarian women's rights activist
 * Eugenia Kuzmina (born 1987), Russian-American model and actress
 * Eugenia Mandzhieva (born 1985), Russian fashion model and actress of Kalmyk descent
 * Eugenia St. John Mann (1847-1932), American evangelist and temperance lecturer
 * Eugenia Manolidou (born 1975), Greek composer and conductor
 * Eugenia Malinnikova (born 1974), Russian mathematician
 * Eugenia L. Mobley (1922–2011), American dentist, college dean
 * Eugenia de Montijo (1826–1920), wife of Napoleon III of France
 * Eugenia Campbell Nowlin (1908–2003), American arts administrator, artist
 * Eugenia Paul (1935–2010), American actress and dancer
 * Eugenia del Pino (born 1945), Ecuadorian developmental biologist
 * Eugenia Popa (born 1973), Romanian gymnast
 * Eugenia Popescu-Județ (1925–2011), Romanian dancer
 * Eugenia Price (1916–1996), American author
 * Eugenia Rasponi (1873–1958), Italian noblewoman, suffragist, and businesswoman
 * Eugenia Ravasio (1907–1990), Italian Catholic nun and mystic
 * Eugenia Silva (born 1976), Spanish model
 * Eugenia Smith (1899–1997), claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
 * Eugenia Tsoumani-Spentza (died 2020), Greek politician
 * Eugenia Tymoshenko (born 1980), Ukrainian entrepreneur and activist
 * Eugenia Volodina (born 1984), Russian supermodel
 * Eugenia Washington (1838–1900), American Catholic historian, civil servant, and one of the founders of Daughters of the American Revolution
 * Eugenia Yuan (born 1976), American gymnast and actress
 * Eugenia Zukerman (born 1944), American flautist

Fictional characters

 * Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, a protagonist in The Help
 * Eugenia Randolph Lord, a character in One Life to Live
 * Eugenia Dermody, a character in season 1 of Ozark
 * Eugenia, a minor character in season 1 and 2 of Snowpiercer