Eugene
m.
Ancient Greek εὖ 'well' + Ancient Greek γένος 'race, stock, kin, family'.
The name of a 4th C saint, a 7th C pope and saint, a 9th C pope, a 12th C pope, and a 15th C pope.
The name was adopted into Old Welsh as Ou(u)ein or Eug(u)ein; this was the name a 6th C son of a king of Rheged who became the basis for a knight of the Round Table and son of King Urien in Arthurian legend. The popularity of Arthurian legend cycles in France contributed to the use of Yvain, the Old French form of the name.
In Ireland, the corresponding form was Eoghan.
- England
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- English
- ● 1531 Owen SaxhamSf p. 126;
1555 Owen BarnstapleBap p. 9;
1568 Owen bruton-vol1 p. 5;
1578 Owen ibid. p. 7;
1583 Owin StAnthonlin p. 30;
1585 Owen ibid. p. 31,
bruton-vol1 p. 46;
1588 Owen DEmar-vol2 p. 15;
1593 Owin StAnthonlin p. 36;
1594 Owen DEmar-vol2 p. 28;
1598 Owen ibid. p. 38
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1146 Eugenii (gen) CartNDSaintes VIII,
Eugenius (nom) ibid. VIII;
1147 Eugenii (gen) ibid. XXV;
1148 Eugenio (abl) ibid. XXIV,
Eugenius (nom) ibid. XXIV;
1378 Ywano (dat) hanquetvol1 948
- Middle French
- ● 1392 Yvain MemBret-II col. 610
Preview. DO NOT cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Eugene". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2015/1/name/Eugene.