Eugene

For many more names, please return to Edgar's Main Page.

Eugene

Gender: Masculine
Language: English, French
Etymology:
Eugene is a Greek name. It originally meant “Well Born” from “eu” (well), and “gen” (birth).

History:
Eugene was the name of several early popes and saints. Eugenio was farily popular in Italy, and spread to the rest of Europe after the fame of the Italian general, Prince Eugenio of Savoy (1663-1736).

Pronunciation: YOU-jeen.

Diminuitves: Gene.

Alternates:
Czech: Evzen.
Dutch: Eugenius.
French: Eugène.
German: Eugen.
Hawaiian: Iukini.
Hungarian: Jenö.
Italian: Eugenio.
Latin: Eugenius.
Polish: Eugeniusz.
Portuguese: Eugênio.
Romanian: Eugen.
Russian: Yevgeni.
Scottish Gaelic: Ewane.
Spanish: Eugenio.
Welsh: Owen, Owain, Owein, Owin, Owyn, Owynn, Eoghan.

Feminine: Eugenia.

See also: Eugene, Owen.

Famous Bearers:
Artists and Authors:
Eugéne Scribe (1791-1861)
French dramatist.
Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)
French painter.
Eugène Sue (Marie-Joseph Sue) (1804-1857)
French novelist.
Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879)
French architect.
Eugène-Marin Labiche (1815-1888)
French playwright.
Eugène Fromentin (1820-1876)
French painter.
Eugène Boudin (1824-1898)
French painter.
Eugène Carrière (1849-1906)
French painter.
Eugene Field (1850-1895)
American poet.
Eugène Atget (1857-1927)
French photograper.
Eugène Brieux (1858-1932)
French dramatist.
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931)
Belgian musician.
Jenö Hubay (1858-1937)
French violinist.
Eugène Demolder (1862-1919)
Belgian writer.
Eugen Albert (1864-1932)
German composer.
Eugène Seers (Louis Dantin) (1865-1945)
French-Canadian poet.
Eugénio Tavares (1867-1930)
Cape Verdean poet.
Eugenio de Castro (1869-1944)
Portuguese poet.
Eugene O’Neill (1888-1953)
American dramatist. Winner of the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Sir Eugene Goossens (1893-1962)
English conductor.
Eugenio Montale (1896-1981)
Italian poet. Winner of the 1975 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Eugene Ormandy (Jenö Ormandy Blau) (1899-1985)
Hungarian-American conductor.
Eugène Ionesco (Eugen Ionescu) (1909-1994)
Romanian-French dramatist.
W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978)
American photojournalist.
Eugène Dodeigne (1923-)
Belgian-French sculptor.

Educators, Scholars, and Social Workers:
Eugene Aram (1704-1759)
English scholar and linguist.
Eugene O’Curry (1796-1862)
Irish scholar and translator.
Eugen Dühring (1833-1921)
German philosopher.
Eugenio María de Hostos (1839-1903)
Puerto Rican educator.
Eugen Huber (1849-1923)
Swiss jurist.
Eugen Ehrlich (1862-1922)
Austrian legal scholar.
Eugenio d’Ors y Rovira (1882-1954)
Catalan philosopher.

Miscellaneous:
Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736)
A famous soldier who served the Holy Roman Emperor.
Eugenius Bulgaris (1716-1806)
Greek theologian.
Eugene Meyer (1875-1959)
American publisher of the Washington Post.
Eugene “Gene” Sarazen (1902-1999)
American golfer.
Eugene Fodor (1905-1991)
American travel writer.
Eugenio Monti (1928-)
Italian bobsledder.
Eugene Andrew Cernan (1934-)
American astronaut.
Eugene “Gene” Siskel (1946-1999)
American movie critic.

Political Figures:
Eugène de Beauharnais (1781-1824)
Viceroy (and step-son) of Napoleon.
Eugene Schneider (1805-1875)
French politician and industrialist.
Eugene Rouher (1814-1884)
French statesman.
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk (1851-1914)
Austrian statesman.
Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926)
American Socialist.
Eugene Dennis (1905-1961)
American Communist.
Eugene J. McCarthy (1916-)
American politician.

Religious Figures:
Saint Eugenius I (?-657)
Pope from 654 to 657.
Eugenius II (?-827)
Pope from 824 to 827.
Blessed Eugenius III (Bernardo di Pisa) (?-1153)
Pope from 1145 to 1153.
Eugenius IV (Gabriele Condulmer) (1383-1447)
Pope from 1431 to 1447.

Scientists:
Eugen Langen (1833-1895)
German engineer.
Eugenio Beltrami (1835-1900)
Italian mathematician.
Eugen Goldstein (1850-1930)
German physicist.
Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939)
Swiss psychiatrist.
Eugène Dubois (1858-1940)
Dutch anatomist.
Eugene Lindsay Opie (1873-1971)
American pathologist.
Eugene Paul WIgner (1902-1995)
Hungarian-American physicist. Co-winner of the 1963 Nobel Prize for Physics.
Eugen Sänger (1905-1964)
German rocket engineer.
Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928-1997)
American planetary geologist.

Singers and Entertainers:
Eugene “Gene” Kelly (1912-1996)
American dancer and actor.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
0.230 % named Euguene
0.087 % named Gene
0.026 % named Owen
0.007 % named Eugenio

Popularity of Eugene:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1850: 51st most popular.
1875: 41st most popular.
1900-1910: 49th most popular.
1910-1920: 40th most popular.
1920-1930: 25th most popular.
1930-1940: 24th most popular.
1940-1950: 51st most popular.
1950-1960: 83rd most popular.
1960-1970: 118th most popular.
1970-1980: 162nd most popular.
1980-1990: 226th most popular.
1990: 318th most popular.
1991: 311th most popular.
1992: 351st most popular.
1993: 375th most popular.
1994: 379th most popular.
1995: 430th most popular.
1996: 449th most popular.
1997: 437th most popular.
1998: 474th most popular.
1999: 470th most popular.
2000: 514th most popular.
2001: 530th most popular.
2002: 548th most popular.
2003: 578th most popular.

In France...
1900: 16th most popular.
1910: 21st most popular.
1920: 24th most popular.
1930: 39th most popular.
1940: 45th most popular.
1950: 97th most popular.
1960: 166th most popular.
1961: 179th most popular.
1970-2000: N/A

Popularity of Eugenio:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1910: 677th most popular.
1910-1920: 709th most popular.
1920-1930: 662nd most popular.
1930-1940: 596th most popular.
1940-1950: 668th most popular.
1950-1960: 632nd most popular.
1960-1970: 773rd most popular.
1970-1980: 913th most popular.
1980-2000: N/A