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| Pronunciation | /juːˈdʒiːn/ yoo-JEEN |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | "noble", "well-born" |
| Region of origin | Greece, Southern Europe |
| Other names | |
| Nickname(s) | Gene |
| Related names | Owen, Kevin, Eugenie, Eugenio, Eugênio, Eugine, Yu-jin |
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (eugenēs), "noble", literally "well-born",[1] from εὖ (eu), "well"[2] and γένος (genos), "race, stock, kin".[3] Gene is a common shortened form. The feminine variant is Eugenia or Eugenie.
Egon, a common given name in parts of central and northern Europe, is also a variant[citation needed] of Eugene / Eugine. Other male foreign-language variants include:
| Albanian | Eugjen, Eugjeni |
| Arpitan | Eugêne, Genio |
| Asturian | Oxenu |
| Basque | Euken(i) |
| Belarusian | Jaŭhien (Яўген), Jaŭhienij (Яўгеній), Yauhen (Яўген) |
| Breton | Ujan |
| Bulgarian | Евгени (Evgeni) |
| Catalan | Eugeni |
| Croatian | Eugen |
| Czech | Evžen, Eugen |
| Dutch | Eugeen |
| Esperanto | Eŭgeno |
| Estonian | Jevgeni |
| French | Eugène, Yvain |
| Galician | Uxío |
| German | Eugen, Eugine |
| Greek | Ευγένιος (Eugénios) |
| Hungarian | Jenő, Eugén |
| Irish | Eoghan/Eóghan[4][5] |
| Italian | Eugenio |
| Japanese | ユージーン (romanized as Yūjīn) |
| Korean | 유진 (romanized as Yujin or Yoojin) |
| Latin | Eugenius |
| Latvian | Eižens |
| Lithuanian | Eugenijus |
| Macedonian | Евгениј (Evgenij) |
| Occitan | Eugèni |
| Piedmontese | Genio |
| Polish | Eugeniusz (Gienek) |
| Portuguese | Eugênio (Brazil), Eugénio (Portugal) |
| Romanian | Eugen, Eugeniu |
| Russian | Евгений (transliterated as Evgeni, Evgeniy, Evgeny, Evgenii, Evgueni, Eugeny, Eugeniy, Ievgeny, Jevgeni, Jevgeny, Yevgeny, Yevgeni, Yevgeniy, in German often as Jewgenij or Jewgeni) |
| Scottish Gaelic | Eoghann,[5] Ewan, Euan |
| Serbian | Еуген (Eugen), Евгеније (Evgenije) |
| Sicilian | Eugeniu |
| Slovak | Eugen |
| Slovenian | Evgen |
| Spanish | Eugenio |
| Swedish | Eugen |
| Syriac | ܐܘܓܝܢ (Augin) |
| Ukrainian | Євген (national translit. Yevhen, also occur Ievhen, Yevgen, Ievgen), Євгеній (Yevhenii, also occur Yevgenii, Ievhenii, Ievgenii, Yevheniy, Yevgeniy, Ievheniy), Евген (Evhen), Ївген (Yivhen) |
| Welsh | Owain,[4][5] Owen,[4][5] Ouein,[4] Oen,[4] Ewein,[4] Ywein/Ywain,[4] Yuein,[4] |
- ^ εὐγενής, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ^ εὖ, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ^ γένος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ^ a b c d e f g h Morgan, T.J. and Morgan, Prys, Welsh Surnames, University of Wales, 1985, Owain (Owen, Bowen, Ednowain). pp.172-173: Owen is a derivation of the Latin Eugenis" > [Old Welsh] Ou(u)ein, Eug(u)ein ... 'variously written in [Middle Welsh] as Ewein, Owein, Ywein. LL gives the names Euguen, Iguein, Yuein, Ouein. The corresponding form in Irish is Eoghan." Morgan notes that there are less likely alternative explanations and agrees with Dr. Rachel Bromwich that Welsh Owein "is normally latinized as Eugenius", and both the Welsh and Irish forms are Latin derivatives. Additionally, another latinized variations of the name Owen is Audoenus in certain parish registers
- ^ a b c d Surnames of the United Kingdom, reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc by Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc, Baltimore 1995, 1996. Entry notes that the most likely and widely accepted origin of Owen (Old Welsh Owain, Irish Gaelic Eoghan, and Scottish Gaelic Eoghann) is from Latin Eugenius. "Cormic gives this origin for Eogan (one MS, Eogen); and Zimmer considers Owen to be borrowed from Latin Eugens, as noted by MacBain, p. 400. The mediaeval Latinization of Owen as Oenus led to a belief that the etymology was the Welsh and Breton oen ‘lamb’. With much stronger reason it was at one time considered that the name represented Irish eoghunn = Gael. Ogan – [f.Old Irish oc- Welsh og, young], ‘youth’.