# Euphemia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/euphemia/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “good”, “repute” |
| Pronunciation | /juˈfimi.ə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | Effie, Phemie, Phemy, Euphie, Eppie, Eppy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 771 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 771 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 102, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Name of an early Christian martyr, from Ancient Greek Εὐφημία (Euphēmía), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + φήμη (phḗmē, “repute”) + -ίᾱ (-íā).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 15,583 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17,630 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,620 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,185 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,197 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,074 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10,196 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10,832 |
| 2019 | 7 | 12,872 |
| 2020 | 14 | 7,681 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9,167 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7,079 |
| 2023 | 17 | 6,749 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8,611 |
| 2025 | 19 | 6,186 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## In other languages

- Czech: Eufemie
- French: Euphémie
- German: Euphemia
- Greek: Ευφημία
- Hungarian: Eufémia
- Italian: Eufemia
- Latin: Euphemia
- Polish: Eufemia
- Portuguese: Eufêmia, Eufémia
- Russian: Евфѝмия
- Spanish: Eufemia

## 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.