Eugenie

See also: eugenie, eugénie, and Eugénie

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (variously) /juːˈdʒiːni/, /juːˈʒiːni/, /juːˈʒeɪni/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Eugenie

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Eugenia via French Eugénie.
   • 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC:

     The name agreed upon the child was Eugenie Victoria, but that afternoon Melanie unwittingly bestowed a name that clung, even as "Pittypat" had blotted out all memory of Sarah Jane. — And Bonnie she became until even her parents did not recall that she had been named for two queens.

Derived terms

• Genie (diminutive)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔɪ̯ˈɡeːni̯ə/
• Hyphenation: Eu‧ge‧nie

Proper noun

Eugenie

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Eugenia