Male name
When is Eugene’s name day?
Ευγένιος · Evgenios
Main name day
Saints Eugenios, Valerian, Candidus and Aquila
The Greek name Ευγένιος (Evgenios) is celebrated on 21 January.
Also celebrated
The saints behind the name day
- Holy Hieromartyrs Basil, Ephraim, Eugene, Agathodorus, Elpidius, Capito and Aetherius, Bishops of Cherson4th centuryBishops who, according to tradition, were sent in succession from Jerusalem to preach in Cherson in Taurica (Crimea) in the early 4th century, where most of them were martyred; Eugene was among them.According to tradition, in the early 4th century Hermon, patriarch of Jerusalem, sent a succession of bishops to Cherson in Taurica (Crimea) to preach Christianity to its pagan inhabitants. The first sent were Basil and Ephraim; Basil, who according to the Synaxarion raised the local governor's son from the dead and brought many to baptism, was killed by being dragged by the pagans, while Ephraim was beheaded as he taught the Gospel.Read more
- Saints Eugenios, Valerian, Candidus and Aquila of Trebizond3rd centuryMartyrs of Trebizond who were tortured under Diocletian for refusing to deny Christ and were beheaded in 292.Saints Eugenios, Valerian, Candidus and Aquila hid in the mountains above Trebizond during the persecution of Diocletian, but were captured and, refusing to renounce Christ, were first exiled to the fortress of Pityus. Brought back to Trebizond, the prefect Lysias had them flogged and tortured with iron and fire.Read more
Variants and other forms
- Other Greek forms and diminutives
- Ευγένης
- In Latin letters
- Evgenios, Eugenios
- English equivalents
- Eugene, Eugenius
- In Greek
- Ευγένιος