Evghenii
The Eastern, Cyrillic-routed spelling of Eugeniusz, from the Greek for "well-born". Only about 300 men in Poland carry this form, and you would sooner meet it on an office document than in a school register.
Evghenii Pronunciation
What Evghenii means
Where Evghenii comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Eugenios in Greek fused "eu," meaning good or well, with "genes," meaning born. Evghenii is the spelling that came west through the Cyrillic east, a form you are likelier to meet on a document at the urząd than in a Warsaw class register. Its plain sense is well-born, noble.
Polish keeps the same root under a homelier coat. Eugeniusz stands as the fuller Polish form, and friends wear it down to Gienek. A daughter given the root answers to Eugenia instead.
The name has cousins across Europe. English Eugene and French Eugène grew from the same Greek word, and the Catholic calendar gave its Polish wearers a name-day on 13 July, the date most Eugeniuszes still mark. Evghenii puts an Eastern stamp on all of that, a passport of sound. What it claims stays old and literal: born well, born noble.
How many people are named Evghenii
1 in 71873 men in Poland is named Evghenii. 297 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1751 among male names.