# Eugenius (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eugenius/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Eugenius, from Ancient Greek Εὐγένιος (Eugénios). Doublet of Eugene and Yevgeny.

## In other languages

- Armenian: Եվգենիոս
- Bulgarian: Евгений
- French: Eugène
- German: Eugenius
- Greek: Ευγένιος
- Italian: Eugenio
- Latin: Eugenius
- Romanian: Eugen
- Russian: Евге́ний
- Spanish: Eugenio

## People named Eugenius

- Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper, German biologist (1742-1810)
- Albert Baertsoen, Belgian painter (1866-1922)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.