Eugene (given name)

Eugene is a common masculine given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin". Gene is a common shortened form. The feminine variant is Eugenia or Eugenie.

Egon, a common given name in parts of central and northern Europe, is also a variant of Eugene / Eugine. Other male foreign-language variants include:

{| class="wikitable" border="0" |- align="left" | Albanian | Eugjen, Eugjeni |- |Arpitan |Eugêne, Genio |- | Asturian | Oxenu |- | Basque | Euken(i) |- | Belarusian | Jaŭhien (), Jaŭhienij (Яўгеній), Yauhen (Яўген) |- | Breton | Ujan |- | Bulgarian | Евгени (Evgeni) |- | Catalan | Eugeni |- | Croatian | Eugen |- | Czech | Evžen, Eugen |- | Dutch | Eugeen |- | Esperanto | Eŭgeno |- | Estonian | Jevgeni |- | French | Eugène, Yvain |- | Galician | Uxío |- | German | Eugen, Eugine |- | Greek | Ευγένιος (Eugénios) |- | Hungarian | Jenő, Eugén |- | Irish | Eoghan/Eóghan |- | Italian | Eugenio |- | Japanese | ユージーン (romanized as Yūjīn) |- | Korean | 유진 (romanized as Yujin or Yoojin) |- | Latin | Eugenius |- | Latvian | Eugenijs/Eižens, Jevgēņijs/Jevgeņijs/Jevgenijs |- | Lithuanian | Eugenijus |- | Macedonian | Евгениј (Evgenij) |- | Occitan | Eugèni |- | Piedmontese | Genio |- | Polish | Eugeniusz (Gienek) |- | Portuguese | Eugênio (Brazil), Eugénio (Portugal) |- | Romanian | Eugen, Eugeniu |- | Russian | Евгений (transliterated as Evgeni, Evgeniy, Evgeny, Evgenii, Evgueni, Eugeny, Eugeniy, Ievgeny, Jevgeni, Jevgeny, Yevgeny, Yevgeni, Yevgeniy, in German often as Jewgenij or Jewgeni) |- | Scottish Gaelic | Eoghann, Ewan, Euan |- | Serbian | Еуген (Eugen), Евгеније (Evgenije) |- | Sicilian | Eugeniu |- | Slovak | Eugen |- | Slovenian | Evgen |- | Spanish | Eugenio |- | Swedish | Eugen |- | Syriac | (Augin) |- | Ukrainian | (national translit. Yevhen, also occur Ievhen, Yevgen, Ievgen), (Yevhenii, also occur Yevgenii, Ievhenii, Ievgenii, Yevheniy, Yevgeniy, Ievheniy), (Evhen), (Yivhen) |- | Welsh | Owain, Owen, Ouein, Oen, Ewein, Ywein/Ywain, Yuein, |} Provided by Wikipedia