MEANING & HISTORY
What does Efigenia mean?
Efigenia is the Spanish form of Greek Iphigeneia in the consulted name reference. The older Greek formation combines elements associated with strength and being born.
This independently establishes the relationship suggested only broadly by the Cebuano Greek-origin label. Iphigeneia is also a name in Greek narrative, but the character's story should not replace the lexical explanation. Efigenia remains a distinct transmitted spelling, with its own place in Spanish-language naming.
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Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
a female given name from Ancient Greek
Wiktionary: Efigenia (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Efigenia in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Efigenia
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Eugenia♀Well-born
- Arsenia♀Feminine Arsenio, from the Greek virile-name family
- Efren♂Unaccented Spanish Efrén, from the fruitful-name family
- Efrén♂Spanish form of Ephraim; fruitful
- Virginia♀Feminine form of the Roman name Virginius
- Antonia♀Feminine of the Roman family name Antonius
- Apolonia♀Feminine name derived from Apollo
- Sonia♀Russian familiar form of Sophia; wisdom
What rhymes with Efigenia?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Efigenia further
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- Wiktionary contributors — Efigenia (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Behind the Name — efigenia (opens in a new tab)
Consulted editorial entry, not user submissions: Spanish form of Iphigeneia.
- Behind the Name — iphigeneia (opens in a new tab)
Consulted editorial entry, not user submissions: Greek strength and born elements.