Yefrosyniia
The Ukrainian form of Eufrozyna, from the Greek for "joy, mirth". Only a few dozen women in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one.
Yefrosyniia Pronunciation
Yefrosyniia is pronounced ih-ef-ro-SIHNY-yah (/ɨɛfrɔˈsɨɲja/).
What Yefrosyniia means
Where Yefrosyniia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The Greek word euphrosyne meant joy and mirth, and it gave this name its whole substance. It splits into eu, meaning good, and a root tied to the mind and spirit. In Greek myth Euphrosyne was one of the three Graces, the goddesses of good cheer. From that word Ukrainian took Yefrosyniia, and Polish shaped the variant Eufrozyna.
The name found a real bearer in Yefrosyniia of Polotsk, a medieval abbess and scribe who copied books and founded convents. Ukrainian tradition keeps the name close to sainthood and to learning.
Joy is the plain meaning here. A child called Yefrosyniia on a school register carries a word that once named a Grace. The Polish form Eufrozyna says the same: radość, wesołość.
How many people are named Yefrosyniia
1 in 626218 women in Poland is named Yefrosyniia. 36 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6667 among female names.