# Yevgeny (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yevgeny/  
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 | Russian |
| 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 Russian Евге́ний (Jevgénij), from Ancient Greek Εὐγένιος (Eugénios). Doublet of Eugene and Eugenius.

## In other languages

- Armenian: Եվգենի
- Danish: Evgenij, Jevgenij
- Estonian: Evgeni, Jevgeni
- Finnish: Evgeni, Jevgeni
- French: Evgueni, Ievgueni
- Georgian: ევგენი
- German: Jewgeni
- Hebrew: יבגני
- Icelandic: Evgení, Jevgeníj
- Italian: Evgenij
- Latvian: Jevgeņijs
- Lithuanian: Jevgenijus
- Norwegian: Evgenij, Jevgenij
- Polish: Jewgienij
- Romanian: Evgenie, Evgeni, Evgenii, Evghenie
- Russian: Евге́ний
- Spanish: Yevgueni
- Swedish: Evgenij, Jevgenij
- Ukrainian: Євге́н

## People named Yevgeny

- Yevgeny Chetvergov, erzya writer, journalist, editor of «Erzya Land» newspaper (1995-2015)
- Yevgeny Penyayev, Canoe racer
- Yevgeny Golubinsky
- Yevgeny Kozlovsky, Belarusian and Russian geologist (1929–2022), Minister of Geology of the USSR (1975—1989)
- Evgeny Primakov, 4th Russian Prime Minister (1929–2015)
- Eugene Botkin, Court physician for Tsar Nicholas II
- Jevgeni Ossinovski, Estonian politician (born 1986)
- Yauheni Tsikhantsou, Belarusian weightlifter
- Evgenij Ermenkov, Bulgarian chess player
- Yevgeni Andreyev, Colonel Soviet air force (1926-2000)
- Eugene Koonin, American biologist
- Jevgeni Novikov, Estonian footballer (born 1980)

## 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.