Entry № 0806 · French, Greek origin

Eugenie Eugenie — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ yoo-JEN-ee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
French, Greek
Meaning
"Well-born (Princess Eugenie of York; Empress Eugénie)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (French)

A name that means "well-born (princess eugenie of york; empress eugénie)".

Eugenie is the French feminine of Eugene — from the Greek eugenes ("well-born, noble"). **Empress Eugénie de Montijo (1826-1920)** — **Spanish-born French Empress as the wife of Napoleon III (1853-1870); one of the most influential fashion patrons of the 19th century — she made Louis Vuitton her travel-trunk supplier (founding the modern luxury house) and patronized Charles Frederick Worth, the founder of haute couture**. **Princess Eugenie of York (born 1990)** — **granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II; daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson; her 2018 wedding to Jack Brooksbank was the first British royal wedding broadcast live on television showing the bride's surgical scar (from her scoliosis correction, which she revealed deliberately to raise awareness)**. **Patron of the Anti-Slavery Collective (2017)**. **Eugénie Bouchard** — Canadian tennis player.

Subject of countless French Second Empire histories.

Well-born. Empress Eugénie made Louis Vuitton a luxury house; Princess Eugenie's wedding revealed her scoliosis scar.

The name in its native script.

Eugénie
Transliteration
Eugénie
Pronunciation
/ juːˈdʒɛn.i /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Eugenie stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Eugenie · last year
90 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Eugenies before her.

Real people
Empress Eugénie
Spanish-French Empress.
1826 – 1920
Princess Eugenie of York
British royal.
born 1990
In fiction
Eugénie Grandet
Balzac's Eugénie Grandet.
1833

Names connected to Eugenie.

The number behind Eugenie.

4

The Builder

Eugenie reduces to four — the number of well-born.

Why families chose this name.

"Empress noble. Seven letters. Eugenie."
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