Eugenia (name)
Encyclopedia
- For other meanings see Eugenia (disambiguation)Eugenia (disambiguation)Eugenia can refer to:* Eugenia , a feminine first name * Eugenia, a flowering plant genus* Eugenia, Ontario, a small village in Grey County, Ontario, Canada.* 45 Eugenia, an asteroid...
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Eugenia is a feminine first name related to the masculine name Eugene
Eugene (given name)
Eugene is a common first name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής , "noble", literally "well-born". Gene is a common shortened form...
that comes from the Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
eugenes "well-born," from eu- "well" + -genes "born." Variants include Eugênia (Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
), Eugénie (French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
) and Yevgeniya or Yevgenia .
Many people have had this name, including:
- Blessed Eugenia SmetEugenia SmetBlessed Eugenia Smet founded the Society of the Helpers of the Holy Souls in 1856. Her feast day is 7 February.-External links:***...
, a saint - Dame Eugenia CharlesEugenia CharlesDame Mary Eugenia Charles, DBE was Prime Minister of Dominica from 21 July 1980 until 14 June 1995. She was Dominica's first, and to date only, female prime minister, as well as the nation's longest serving prime minister...
, Prime Minister of Dominica - Eugenia ErrázurizEugenia ErrázurizEugenia Huici Arguedas de Errázuriz was a Chilean patron of modernism and a style leader of Paris from 1880 into the 20th century, who paved the way for the modernist minimalist aesthetic that would be taken up in fashion by Coco Chanel. Her circle of friends and protégés included Pablo Picasso,...
, a Chilean patron of the arts - Eugenia Manolidou, Greek composer and conductor
- Eugenia PriceEugenia PriceEugenia Price was an American author best known for her historical novels which were set in the American South.- Biography :...
, American author - Eugenia SmithEugenia SmithEugenia Smith, of Chicago, also known as Eugenia Drabek Smetisko, was one of several impostors who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia. She is the author of the Autobiography of HIH Anastasia Nicholaevna of Russia , in which she claimed to be Anastasia...
claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia - Eugenia VolodinaEugenia Volodina-Career:Volodina's modeling career began in 1998 when she attended an open call at a Russian casting agency. Although she didn't win, she was invited to take part in a Parisian modeling agency in 2000. Soon after, she was sent to Paris, where Volodina began to establish her career. Increased...
, a Russian supermodel - Eugênia CâmaraEugênia CâmaraEugênia Câmara was a Portuguese actress, active in both Portugal and Brazil. As well as for her own artistic achievements, she is remembered for her affair with, and influence upon, the famous Brazilian poet Castro Alves.- References :...
, Brazilian actress - Isabella Clara Eugenia, daughter of Philip II of Spain
- María Eugenia Vaz FerreiraMaría Eugenia Vaz FerreiraMaria Eugenia Vaz Ferreira was an Uruguayan teacher and poet. She was the younger sister of philosopher Carlos Vaz Ferreira and a contemporary of Delmira Agustini and Julio Herrera y Reissig. She was born and lived in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay.She held a Chair in Literature at the...
, Uruguayan teacher and poet - Saint EugeniaSaint EugeniaSaint Eugenia was an early Christian Roman martyr whose feast day is celebrated on December 25 in the Roman Catholic Church and on December 24 in the Eastern Orthodox church...
- Victoria Eugenia of BattenbergVictoria Eugenia of BattenbergPrincess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg was queen consort of King Alfonso XIII of Spain...
, consort of King Alfonso XIII of Spain - Yevgenia GinzburgYevgenia GinzburgYevgenia Ginzburg was a Russian author who served an 18-year sentence in the Gulag. Her given name is often Latinized to Eugenia.-Family and early career:...
, Russian historian and writer
Places
- Metro EugeniaMetro EugeniaMetro Eugenia is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Colonia Vertiz Narvarte and Colonia del Valle neighbourhoods of the Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City....
, a subway station on the Mexico City Metro