Eugenie

Eugenie is the French feminine form of the Greek name Eugenios, derived from the elements eu, meaning well or good, and genos, meaning birth or race, conveying the sense of noble or well-born. The name gained wide recognition through Saint Eugenia, an early Christian martyr, and later through Empress Eugénie de Montijo, the influential nineteenth-century consort of Napoleon III of France. Related forms include Eugenia, the Latinate equivalent used across many European languages, as well as the masculine Eugene and its variants Eugen and Eugenio.