Eugene

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UK/ˈjuː.d͡ʒin/Canada, US/juˈd͡ʒin/

proper noun

A male given name from Ancient Greek.

OriginFrench Eugène ← Latin Eugenius ← Ancient Greek Εὐγένιος →
CommonScrabble 7
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Meanings

proper nounEugene (countable and uncountable, plural Eugenes)

plural Eugenes

  1. countableuncountableA male given name from Ancient Greek.

    "Great praise the Duke of Marlb'ro' won / And our good Prince Eugene." / "Why 'twas a very wicked thing!" / Said little Wilhelmine

    1796, Robert Southey, After Blenheim
    1 more example

    Eoghan (Owen) is frequently Eugene, and our own O'Curry, though he plucked up courage to prefix the O' to his name in later life, never discarded the Eugene, which, however, is far from being a monstrosity like most of our West-Britonized names

    2000, David Pierce, Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader, . Cork University Press., →ISBN, page 8
  2. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States.

    The cities of Eugene and Springfield announced Friday evening that they would discontinue the use of AI-powered license plate cameras connected to the company called Flock Safety.

    2025 December 6, Chris Lehman, “Eugene and Springfield both announce end of Flock camera usage”, in Oregon Public Broadcasting, archived from the original on 16 Feb 2026

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΕὐγένιος“well born”
  2. LatinEugenius
  3. FrenchEugène
  4. EnglishEugene

Borrowed from French Eugène, from Latin Eugenius, from Ancient Greek Εὐγένιος (Eugénios, “well born”), from εὖ (eû, “good, well”) + -γενής (-genḗs, “born a certain way”). Parallel to eugenics. Doublet of Yevgeny, Eugenius, and Owen.

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Translations

Brazilian Portuguese Eugênio
  • Eugêniomale given name
Bulgarian Евге́ни, Евге́ний
  • Евге́ни (Evgéni)male given name
  • Евге́ний (Evgénij)male given name
  • Ю́джийн (Júdžijn)male given name
Catalan Eugeni
  • Eugenimale given name
Chinese Mandarin 尤金
  • 尤金 (Yóujīn)male given name
Czech Evžen
  • Evženmale given name
Dutch Eugeen
  • Eugeenmale given name
Esperanto Eŭgeno, Eŭĝeno
  • Eŭgenomale given name
  • Eŭĝenomale given name
European Portuguese Eugénio
  • Eugéniomale given name
French Eugène
  • Eugènemale given name
German Eugen
  • Eugenmale given name
Greek Ευγένιος
  • Ευγένιος (Evgénios)male given name
Hebrew אֶבְגֵּנִי, יוּגִ׳ין
  • אֶבְגֵּנִי (Evgéni)male given name
  • יוּגִ׳ין (Yujín)male given name
Hungarian Jenő
  • Jenőmale given name
Italian Eugenio
  • Eugeniomale given name
Japanese ユージン
  • ユージン (Yūjin)male given name
Korean 유진
  • 유진 (Yujin)male given name
Latin Eugenius
  • Eugeniusmale given name
Latvian Eižens
  • Eižensmale given name
Polish Eugeniusz
  • Eugeniuszmale given name
Romanian Eugen, Eugeniu
  • Eugenmale given name
  • Eugeniumale given name
  • Еуӂен (Eugen)male given name
  • Еуӂениу (Eugeniu)male given name
Russian Евге́ний, Ю́джин
  • Евге́ний (Jevgénij)male given name
  • Ю́джин (Júdžin)male given name
Spanish Eugenio
  • Eugeniomale given name
Swedish Eugen
  • Eugenmale given name
Ukrainian Євге́н
  • Євге́н (Jevhén)male given name
Vietnamese Êugêniô
  • Êugêniômale given name
Welsh Owain
  • Owainmale given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Eugene

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Cite this entry
APA

Eugene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eugene

MLA

“Eugene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eugene. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Eugene,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eugene.

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