Evgeni
A Greek name meaning "well-born, noble". It stays rare in Poland: fewer than a hundred men carry it, all male, and years pass with barely a newborn given the name.
Evgeni Pronunciation
What Evgeni means
Where Evgeni comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Evgeni traces back to the Greek Eugenios, built from eu, meaning well, and genos, meaning birth or stock. The short meaning follows plainly: well-born, noble. The Polish szlachetnie urodzony keeps the same reading.
The spelling Evgeni belongs to Russian. Its best-known bearer is fictional. Alexander Pushkin handed the name to the hero of his verse novel Yevgeny Onegin, published in full in 1833. Onegin is bored, clever, and cold, so the noble sense of the root sits at an angle to the man who wears it.
On a Polish class register, Evgeni reads as an import, the Russian cousin of Eugeniusz. A teacher calling the roll meets the Greek genos without knowing it. The name still says well-born.
How many people are named Evgeni
1 in 227087 men in Poland is named Evgeni. 94 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3580 among male names.
Evgeni's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Evgeni is most popular
Evgeni is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Masovian2 boys born+510%
Evgeni as a middle name
Evgeni is a first name for 94 men in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 98/2 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 7647th, between Everardo (2) and Ewen (2).
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#7645 Evander2
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#7646 Everardo2
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#7647 Evgeni2
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#7648 Ewen2
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#7649 Eyram2