THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Eugenia
Eugenia is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Eugenia Apostol. This snapshot links the name to 1 distinct Wikidata person record. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Ancient Greek Εὐγενία (Eugenía), feminine form of Εὐγένιος (Eugénios) ( =Eugene) "well born".
A female given name from Ancient Greek. Variant: Eugenie.
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SpanishEtymology & source
a female given name, masculine equivalent Eugenio, equivalent to English Eugenia
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People with the name Eugenia
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Eugenia Apostol
Filipino publisher notable for role in peaceful overthrow of two Philippine presidents
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
1
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
1
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Eugenia Apostol
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Eugenia in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Eugenia
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
- Eugenio♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Efigenia♀From Ancient Greek
- Eufemia♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Eugene♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Eusebia♀Given name recorded in the source dictionary
- Altenia·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Arsenia♀Given name recorded in the source dictionary
- Cerenia·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Eugenia?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Recorded combinations with Eugenia
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q962602 — Eugenia (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Eugenia Apostol (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q962602 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Eugenia (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Eugenia (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.