Eugenia is a feminine first name related to the masculine name Eugene that comes from the Greek eugenes 'well-born', from eu- 'well' + genes 'born' (from genos). Variants include Eugénia (Portuguese), Eugénie (French), Eugènia (Catalan), Uxía (Galician), Evgenia (), Eugenija (Lithuanian) and Yevgenia or Yevgeniya (; also transliterated as Evgenia or Evgeniya) as well as Yevheniia in Ukraine. People Notable people with the name include: Saint Eugenia of Rome (died 258) Blessed Eugenia Smet (1825–1871), French nun, founder of the Society of the Helpers of the Holy Souls Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg Eugenia Abu, Nigerian journalist Eugenia Bonetti, Italian nun Eugenia Bujak, Lithuanian-Polish cyclist Eugenia Calle (1952–2009), American cancer epidemiologist Eugênia Câmara (1837–1879), Portuguese actress Eugenia Campbell Nowlin (1908–2003), American arts administrator, artist Eugenia Caruso, Italian actress and screenwriter Eugenia Cauduro (born 1968), Mexican actress Eugenia Charles (1919–2005), Prime Minister of Dominica Eugenia Cheng, (born Hong Konger-British mathematician and pianist Eugenia Chuprina (b. 1971) Ukrainian poet, writer, playwright Eugenia Clinchard (1909-1989), American child actress Eugenia Cooney (born 1994), American Internet personality Eugenia Errázuriz (1860–1951), Chilean patroness of the arts Eugenia Falleni (1875-1939), Italian-Australian transgender man convicted of murder Eugenia Gabrieluk (born 1967), Russian pianist Eugenia Kim, Korean-American hat designer Eugenia Kisimova (1831–1885), Bulgarian women's rights activist Eugenia Kuzmina (born 1987), Russian-American model and actress Eugenia Mandzhieva (born 1985), Russian fashion model and actress of Kalmyk descent Eugenia Manolidou (born 1975), Greek composer and conductor Eugenia Malinnikova (born 1974), Russian mathematician Eugenia L. Mobley (1922–2011), American dentist, college dean Eugenia de Montijo (1826–1920), wife of Napoleon III of France Eugenia Paul (1935-2010) American actress and dancer Eugenia del Pino (born 1945) Ecuadorian developmental biologist Eugenia Popa (born 1973), Romanian gymnast Eugenia Popescu-Județ (1925–2011), Romanian dancer Eugenia Price (1916–1996), American authoress Eugenia Rasponi (1873-1958), Italian noblewoman, suffragist, and businesswoman Eugenia Ravasio (1907-1990), Italian Catholic nun and mystic Eugenia Shi-Chia Chang, South African Member of Parliament Eugenia Silva (born 1976) Spanish model Eugenia Smith (1899–1997), claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia Eugenia Tsoumani-Spentza (died 2020), Greek politician Eugenia Tymoshenko (born 1980), Ukrainian entrepreneur and activist Eugenia Volodina (born 1984), Russian supermodel Eugenia Washington (1938-1900), Catholic historian, civil servant, and one of the founders of Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of the Founders and Patriots of America Eugenia Yuan (born 1976), American gymnast and actress Eugenia Zukerman (born 1944), American flutist Fictional characters Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, a protagonist