Evgeniy
This Russian form of a Greek name reaches barely 200 men in Poland, so meeting one stays memorable. The root joins eu and genes into well-born, which Polish gives as szlachetnie urodzony.
Evgeniy Pronunciation
What Evgeniy means
Where Evgeniy comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Evgeniy is the Russian shape of a Greek word. It grows from Eugenios, built from eu, meaning well, and genes, meaning born. The literal sense is well-born, and from there noble, which Polish renders as szlachetnie urodzony.
Russian speakers made the name their own, and its most famous bearer lives on the page. Alexander Pushkin gave his verse novel a hero named Yevgeny Onegin, a bored young aristocrat whose name announced his rank before it revealed his character.
In Poland the name travels under a different coat. The full form is Eugeniusz, and the everyday version shortens to Gienek. The root stays put. A boy called Gienek in a school register still carries the old Greek promise of good birth, the sense of szlachetnie urodzony.
How many people are named Evgeniy
1 in 100690 men in Poland is named Evgeniy. 212 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2149 among male names.
Evgeniy's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.