Evgheni
Just 348 men in Poland carry it, and the records show no boys given the name in any year on file: it's quietly on its way out. Greek at root, from a word for "well-born" or "noble".
Evgheni Pronunciation
What Evgheni means
Where Evgheni comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Evgheni comes from Greek. Behind it stands the adjective eugenēs, formed from eu, meaning well, and genos, meaning birth or kin. The parts add up to a plain claim: well-born, noble.
In Greek the word described family and standing before it ever settled onto one person. To carry it was to be marked as coming from a good line. That reading has stayed close to the name through its later spellings, even as the letters shifted from language to language. Evgheni keeps the sense without naming whose line or which house.
On a Polish class register the name reads as an import, its gh unusual against local spelling. A teacher reaching it during roll gives the Greek root a Tuesday morning airing. The meaning underneath holds steady: dobrze urodzony, well-born.
How many people are named Evgheni
1 in 61340 men in Poland is named Evgheni. 348 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1607 among male names.