Eugene

Eugen ( ancient Greek εὐγενής eugenēs "the well- arisen ", "well-born"; from εὖ eũ 'good' and γίγνομαι gígnomai 'will', 'arise') is a male given name that goes back to the Greek Eugénios ( Εὐγένιος ).

variants

• male: Aramaic Augin , German Eugen , Switzerland. Geni (short form), engl. Eugene (short form: Gene), Owen, franz. Eugène , Spanish u. Ital. Eugenio , Hebrew יבגני, Latin Eugenius , Russ. Yevgeny (Евгений) , Evgeny in Russian passports to the international English transliteration, Russian diminutive. Zhenya, Schenka (Женя, Женька) , Ukr. Jewhen (Євген) , Hungarian. Jenő (Diminutive: Jenci) , white russ . Jaugen (Яўген) , Polish Eugeniusz, Polish pet form Gienek
• female: German Eugenie , French Eugénie , span./ital./lat. Eugenia , Greek Ewjenia (Ευγενια) , Russian Evgenija or Jewgenia (Евгения)

Popes named Eugene

• Eugene I. (654-657)
• Eugene II (824-827)
• Eugene III. (1145–1153)
• Eugene IV. (1431-1447)

Patriarch of Constantinople

• Eugenius I (237-242)
• Eugenius II (1821-1822)

Other namesake

Eugene

• Eugen Altschul (1887–1959), German economist
• Eugen Andergassen (1907–1987), Austrian writer
• Eugen Angelescu (1896–1968), Romanian chemist
• Eugen Askenasy (1845–1903), German biologist
• Eugen Biser (1918–2014), German Catholic priest, fundamental theologian and religious philosopher
• Eugen Bjørnstad (1909–1992), Norwegian racing car driver
• Eugen Bolz (1881–1945), Württemberg State President and victim of the Nazi regime
• Eugen Bracht (1842–1921), German painter
• Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (1898–1956), German playwright and poet
• Eugen Cicero (1940–1997), classically trained jazz pianist
• Eugen Drewermann (* 1940), German theologian, psychologist and writer
• Eugen Ehrlich (1862–1922), Austrian legal sociologist
• Eugen Ewig (1913–2006), German historian
• Eugen Frey (1913–1998), German soccer player
• Eugen Fürstenberger (1880–1975), German gymnast
• Eugen Gerstenmaier (1906–1986), German Protestant theologian and politician
• Eugen Guglia (1857–1919), Austrian historian, journalist and writer
• Eugen Ottowitsch Gunst (1877–1950), Russian composer
• Eugen Gutmann (1840–1925), founder of Dresdner Bank
• Eugen Helmlé (1927–2000), German writer and translator
• Eugen Jochum (1902–1987), German conductor
• Eugen Kaiser (1879–1945), German politician and victim of the Nazi regime
• Eugen Loderer (1920–1995), German trade unionist
• Eugen von Mazenod (1782–1861), saint of the Catholic Church
• Eugen Meier (soccer player) (1930–2002), Swiss soccer player
• Eugen Meier (composer) (* 1934), Swiss composer and conductor
• Eugen A. Meier (1933–2004), Swiss politician, sports official and author
• Eugen Merkle (life dates unknown), German football player
• Eugene of Austria (1863–1954), Archduke, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
• Eugen Philippovich von Philippsberg (1858–1917), Austrian economist and university professor
• Eugen Roth (poet) (1895–1976), German lyric poet and poet
• Eugen Roth (artist) (1925–2011), German sculptor and painter
• Eugen Roth (politician) (* 1957), German politician (SPD)
• Eugen Sänger (1905–1964), Austrian engineer and pioneer in the field of aerospace
• Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736), Austrian general
• Eugen Sommer (1876–1961), German politician (CDU)
• Eugen Steinach (1861–1944), pioneer of sex research
• Eugen Ulmer (publisher) (1837–1917), German publisher and bookseller
• Eugen Ulmer (lawyer) (1903–1988), German legal scholar
• Eugen Alexander von Thurn and Taxis (1652–1714), first Prince of Thurn and Taxis
• Eugen Wolff (District Administrator) (1859–1926), German manor owner, administrative officer and politician
• Eugen Wolff (literary scholar) (1863–1929), German literary scholar
• Eugen Wolff (musician) (1901–1961), German orchestra conductor

Eugen von Württemberg (1788-1857); Painting by George Dawe

• Eugen Friedrich Heinrich von Württemberg (1758–1822), Duke of Württemberg
• Eugen Friedrich Karl Paul Ludwig von Württemberg (1788–1857), Russian general in the Napoleonic wars
• Eugen York (1912–1991), German director and screenwriter

Name variant Evgeny

→ Main article : Yevgeny

• Evgeny Agrest (* 1966), Swedish chess player
• Evgeny Morozov (* 1984), Belarusian publicist
• Evgeny Postny (* 1981), Israeli chess master
• Evgeny Stalev (* 1979), Russian pool player
• Evgeny Vorontsov (* 1986), Russian-German handball player

family name

• Christoph Eugen (* 1976), Austrian Nordic combined athlete
• Freddy Eugen (1941–2018), Danish racing cyclist

See also

• Eugen (Schiff, 2009) , rescue cruiser of the DGzRS
• My name is Eugen , a book by Klaus Schädelin for young people from 1955
• Der Eugen , German TV series (1986–1990)
• Langer Eugen , high-rise in Bonn
• Eugenia
• Eugenie
• Eugene Onegin , verse novel by Alexander Pushkin from 1833
• Eugen Onegin (opera) , opera by Peter Tchaikovsky from 1879
• Eugen Helmlé translator award
• Evžen
• Villa Eugene

Web links

Wiktionary: Eugen  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Aussiedler in Germany: Your name is now Eugen. Spiegel Online , November 24, 2013.