Eunice
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A classic Greek name meaning "good victory," Eunice is known in the Bible as the mother of Timothy, a woman praised by the Apostle Paul for her sincere and influential faith which she passed on to her
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/junɪs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Eunice is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 985(inferred from the name graph)
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 1.5K
- BRBrazil1 in 2.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 266 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 424 (inferred from the name graph)
≈230,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Kenya, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A classic Greek name meaning "good victory," Eunice is known in the Bible as the mother of Timothy, a woman praised by the Apostle Paul for her sincere and influential faith which she passed on to her son.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Eunice, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Eunice counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈230,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.9K | — | Eunice | 29 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈220,000 est. | ≈1 in 985 | — | Eunice | 30 |
| KE Kenya | — | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 424 | — | Eunice | 17 |
| BR Brazil | #266 | 79,535 | 1 in 2.7K | 96K | Eunice | 136 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈38,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Eunice | 24 |
| GT Guatemala | #108 | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 5.4K | — | Eunice | 34 |
| HK Hong Kong | #584 | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | — | Eunice | 28 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Eunice is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The name Eunice is of Greek origin (Εὐνίκη), meaning "good victory."
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
From a Late Greek name, derived from eu ‘well’, ‘good’ + niké ‘victory’. This is mentioned in the New Testament as the name of the mother of Timothy, who introduced him to Christianity (2 Timothy 1:5). This reference led to the name being taken up by the Puritans in the 16th century.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, A female given name from Ancient Greek.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
English: from a Late Greek name composed of the elements eu well, good + nik victory. It is mentioned in the New Testament as the name of the mother of Timothy, who introduced him to Christianity (2 Timothy 1: 5). This reference led to the name being taken up by the Puritans in the 17th century.
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Eunice Newton Footeb. 1819USAmerican scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888)
- Mary Eunice Harlanb. 1846USwife of Robert T. Lincoln (1846-1937)
- Eunice Kennedyb. 1921USAmerican philanthropist; founder of the Special Olympics; sister of John F. Kennedy (1921–2009)
- Eunice Gaysonb. 1928GBEnglish actress (1928–2018)
- Nina Simoneb. 1933USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer, songwriter and pianist and civil rights activist (1933–2003)
- Eunice Barberb. 1974SLSierra Leonean athlete competing in heptathlon and long jump
- Eunice Jepkorirb. 1982KEKenyan steeplechase athlete
- Eunice Jepkirui Kirwab. 1984BHKenyan-Bahraini long-distance runner
- Eunice Jepkoech Sumb. 1988KEKenyan middle-distance runner
- Eunice Lagusadb. 1998PHactress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 94 sources across 59 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 96K | #484 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 80K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 79K | #387 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 375 | #387 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 105 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Eunice mean, and where does it come from?
- A classic Greek name meaning "good victory," Eunice is known in the Bible as the mother of Timothy, a woman praised by the Apostle Paul for her sincere and influential faith which she passed on to her… Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- Is Eunice a male or female name?
- Eunice is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Eunice?
- In the etymology graph, Unice and Eunike are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Eunice?
- A machine transcription gives /junɪs/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Eunice have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 235 thousand people named Eunice in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled eunice.
- How common is the name Eunice?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 79,535 people named Eunice in 2022, about 1 in 2.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Eunice compared with other names?
- In Guatemala, Eunice is the 108th most common given name of 22,774 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Eunice?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/euniceThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Eunice” — the 108th most common given name in Guatemala. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.