Eugene

Eugene meaning and name origin

Eugene \e(u)-ge-ne\ as a boy's name is pronounced yoo-JEEN. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Eugene is "well-born, noble". From the Greek Eugenios. Saint Eugenius (seventh century), bishop of Toledo, Spain, was also a musician and poet. Senator Eugene McCarthy; playwrights %2 O'Neill, Eugène Ionesco; artist Eugéne Delacroix.

Eugene has 15 variant forms: Efigenio, Efigenios, Efigenius, Ephigenio, Ephigenios, Ifigenio, Ifigenios, Iphigenios, Iphigenius, Eugen, Eugenio, Eugenios, Eugenius, Evgeny and Gene.

For more information, see also related names Aodh, Eoghan, Euan, Gino, Owen and Yevgeny.

Baby names that sound like Eugene are Eagen, Egan, Egon, Egann and Eagan.

View a list of the 9 names that reference Eugene.

Popularity of Eugene

Eugene is a very popular first name for men (#80 out of 1220) and also a very popular surname or last name for all people (#6970 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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