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The baby name Yevgenie is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /jevˈɡɛni/ (yev-GEN-ee).

Yevgenie is Greek in Origin.

Gender: Male
Syllables: 3.0
Origin: Greek
Pronunciation: /jevˈɡɛni/ (yev-GEN-ee)

What is the meaning of the name Yevgenie ?

The baby name Yevgenie is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /jevˈɡɛni/ (yev-GEN-ee).

Yevgenie is Greek in Origin.

Yevgenie is a Slavic given name, a transliteration variant of Russian Evgenii/Yevgeniy (Евгений), from Greek Eugenios via Latin Eugenius, meaning “well‑born, noble.” The Ye‑ spelling mirrors Russian pronunciation of initial Е. The name has circulated in Russia and neighboring Slavic regions since Christianization, bolstered by saints named Eugene. In Ukrainian the related masculine form is Yevhen and the feminine Yevheniia; Yevgenie is typically masculine in Slavic usage but may read as feminine in the West due to resemblance to French Eugénie.

Cultural touchstones include Pushkin’s Yevgeny (Eugene) Onegin and poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko. Variants and transliterations: Yevgeny, Evgeny, Yevgeniy, Evgenii, Evgeni; feminine counterparts Yevgeniya/Evgeniya and Yevheniia. Cognates across Europe include Eugene, Eugène, Eugen, Eugenio, and Yauhen/Yevhen. Common diminutive Zhenya is used for both sexes.

Yevgenie is absent from every birth registry and name dataset we follow. Most often that means a rare name, a regional or heritage one, or a recent coinage. Either way, it remains a genuinely rare choice.

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Yevgenie is predominantly a boy's name.
Yevgenie is a 3 syllable name, pronounced /jevˈɡɛni/ (yev-GEN-ee).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Yevgeny, Yevgeni, Yevgeniy, Yevgenii, Evgeny and Evgeni.
Across languages, Yevgenie has these equivalents: Eugene (English), Eugène (French), Eugen (German, Romanian), Eugenio (Italian, Spanish), Yevhen (Ukrainian), and 2 more.
Yevgenie is a name of Greek origin, traditionally used in Greece. It doesn't appear in the major international birth registries we track, but it is an established name within Greece and its diaspora communities.