The first name Yevgeny

A boy’s name from Russian.

3 syllables Male

Meaning and origin

Russian origin

Borrowed from Russian Евге́ний (Jevgénij), from Ancient Greek Εὐγένιος (Eugénios). Doublet of Eugene and Eugenius.

From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Yevgeny in other languages

Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary

Եվգենի

Evgeni

Armenian

Evgenij

Danish, also Jevgenij

Evgeni

Estonian, also Jevgeni

Evgeni

Finnish, also Jevgeni

Evgueni

French, also Ievgueni

ევგენი

evgeni

Georgian

Jewgeni

German

יבגני

yevgéni

Hebrew

Evgení

Icelandic, also Jevgeníj

Evgenij

Italian

Jevgeņijs

Latvian

Jevgenijus

Lithuanian

Evgenij

Norwegian, also Jevgenij

Jewgienij

Polish

Evgenie

Romanian, also Evgeni, Evgenii

Евге́ний

Jevgénij

Russian

Yevgueni

Spanish

Evgenij

Swedish, also Jevgenij

Євге́н

Jevhén

Ukrainian

Famous people named Yevgeny

19 on Wikidata, most written-about first

Yevgeny Chetvergov
Erzya writer, journalist, editor of «Erzya Land» newspaper (1995-2015)
Yevgeny Penyayev
Canoe racer, born 1942
Yevgeny Golubinsky
1834–1912
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, 1865–1918
Jevgeni Ossinovski
Estonian politician (born 1986)
Yauheni Tsikhantsou
Belarusian weightlifter, born 1998
Evgenij Ermenkov
Bulgarian chess player, born 1949
Yevgeni Andreyev
Colonel Soviet air force (1926-2000)
Eugene Koonin
American biologist, born 1956
Jevgeni Novikov
Estonian footballer (born 1980)

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Questions

What does the name Yevgeny mean?: Borrowed from Russian Евге́ний (Jevgénij), from Ancient Greek Εὐγένιος (Eugénios). Doublet of Eugene and Eugenius.
What is the origin of the name Yevgeny?: Borrowed from Russian Евге́ний (Jevgénij), from Ancient Greek Εὐγένιος (Eugénios). Doublet of Eugene and Eugenius.