Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Euphemia

EUPHEMIA

GENDER: Feminine

OTHER SCRIPTS: Ευφημια (Ancient Greek)

PRONOUNCED: yoo-FEM-ee-ə (English) [key]

Meaning & History

Means "to speak well", derived from Greek ευ "good" and φημι (phemi) "to speak". Saint Euphemia was an early martyr from Chalcedon.

Related Names

DIMINUTIVES: Eppie, Effie, Femie, Phemie (English)

MASCULINE FORM: Euphemios (Ancient Greek)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Efimia (Greek), Eufemia (Italian), Eufemia (Portuguese), Eufemia (Spanish)

Popularity

United States

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