Euphemia
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Ancient Greek εὖ 'good, well' + Ancient Greek φημί 'to speak'.
The name of a 4th C saint, a 6th C empress consort of the Byzantine Empire, a 12th C queen consort of Kiev, a 14th C queen consort of Norway, and a 14th C queen consort of Scotland.
- Czech Republic
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- Latin
- ● 1345 Eoffemia (abl) CDEM-7.2 630,
Eoffemie (dat) ibid. 630
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1189 Eufemia (nom) GASurv p. 192
- Early Modern English
- ● 1578 Effome RegPat p. 33
- ◑ 1585 Effie COmar-vol5 p. 7
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1246 Eufemia (abl) NDParisII 2-CVI;
1301 Yfeme (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 176
- Old French
- ● 1296 Yfame paris1296 p. 54
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 1220 Euphemia (nom) hennes-vol1 48
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 959 Eufimia (nom) RegSAp 1;
1034 Eufimia (nom) skinner p. 113
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● 1425 Eufamie (dat) RMSRS-2 19
- Scots
- ● 1565 Eufamia PGB
Cite as: A. Brown, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Euphemia". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Euphemia.