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[Facts] Re: What do you know about Evgenia as a Greek name?
Thanks for the kind words, Lucia!Here is some background info:There are records of Eugeneia being used in ancient Greece (see the online "Lexicon of Personal Greek Names") whereas Eugenia is more "modern" by greekl standards, i.e. 3rd century :-)There is also a difference in the accent: eygenIa vs eyGENeia. Both are legitimate Greek names, though I know several Eugenias but no Eugeneias. The former is pretty popular, and its nameday is on Dec. 24.The original version (Eugeneia) meant of of "good / noble origin / heritage" (from eu- and genos). In modern greek, eugeneia means "politeness, nobility).Wikipedia has info on the St Eugenia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Eugenia). Eugenia is also the name of a plant and an asteroid.Congratulations on your recently-acquired and very Greek-looking bust :-)
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Thanks very much for your reply, Pavlos It helps me out a lot!
Well, if 'modern' by Greek standards means post-3rd century, then I'm okay with that.
It would figure Eugenia is also a plant name... most of my 'would use on an English kid' names also just happen to be botanical.
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