Eunice Forename
766th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,112,363 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Palau
Eunice Forename Definition:
A female name. Greek Εύνίκη, compound of eύ ‘well’ and νίκη ‘victory’; the name of the mother of Timothy, mentioned in Acts xvi. 1 and 2 Tim i. 5. It came into use in England in the 17th C. The spelling Unice is found in New England in 1804.
Read More About This ForenameEunice Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 182,148 | 1:975 | 157 |
| Kenya | 100% | 147,616 | 1:314 | 47 |
| Brazil | 100% | 121,019 | 1:1,770 | 275 |
| Uganda | 100% | 80,936 | 1:506 | 97 |
| Ghana | 99% | 78,716 | 1:343 | 63 |
| United States | 100% | 60,931 | 1:5,950 | 794 |
| South Africa | 100% | 59,992 | 1:909 | 89 |
| Zambia | - | 54,344 | 1:292 | 45 |
| Malawi | 100% | 43,785 | 1:391 | 77 |
| Angola | 100% | 42,108 | 1:640 | 127 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 40,890 | 1:1,291 | 275 |
| Mozambique | - | 36,959 | 1:737 | 159 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 32,742 | 1:471 | 60 |
| Mexico | 100% | 19,959 | 1:6,220 | 669 |
| Philippines | 99% | 16,771 | 1:6,321 | 996 |
| England | 100% | 11,889 | 1:4,677 | 518 |
| Colombia | 100% | 8,092 | 1:5,904 | 646 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 7,646 | 1:2,826 | 524 |
| Portugal | - | 6,641 | 1:1,568 | 199 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 4,574 | 1:6,603 | 794 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 3,700 | 1:2,819 | 449 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,213 | 1:10,312 | 1,186 |
| Sudan | - | 2,975 | 1:12,708 | 1,431 |
| Congo | 100% | 2,709 | 1:1,849 | 295 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,687 | 1:1,073 | 272 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 2,659 | 1:4,277 | 808 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 1,904 | 1:38,775 | 2,707 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 1,879 | 1:4,339 | 462 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,724 | 1:1,092 | 255 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,545 | 1:8,802 | 1,382 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 1,518 | 1:10,612 | 901 |
| Namibia | - | 1,228 | 1:1,958 | 387 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1,199 | 1:441 | 53 |
| Costa Rica | 99% | 1,189 | 1:4,010 | 559 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,030 | 1:3,004 | 452 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 916 | 1:33,242 | 3,001 |
| Singapore | 100% | 869 | 1:7,235 | 1,240 |
| Liberia | 99% | 834 | 1:5,290 | 615 |
| Benin | 100% | 821 | 1:12,882 | 1,611 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 816 | 1:37,760 | 4,574 |
| Peru | 100% | 776 | 1:40,968 | 2,304 |
| Scotland | 100% | 733 | 1:7,299 | 592 |
| Romania | 100% | 729 | 1:27,506 | 1,819 |
| Spain | 100% | 726 | 1:64,091 | 2,294 |
| Chile | 100% | 700 | 1:25,153 | 1,240 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 683 | 1:24,747 | 2,190 |
| Botswana | 100% | 649 | 1:3,366 | 591 |
| Swaziland | - | 615 | 1:2,114 | 472 |
| Australia | - | 605 | 1:22,575 | 1,520 |
| India | 91% | 556 | 1:2,185,032 | 110,756 |
| Honduras | 100% | 548 | 1:16,090 | 1,297 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 522 | 1:1,113 | 213 |
| Ecuador | - | 503 | 1:35,242 | 1,506 |
| Haiti | 100% | 450 | 1:23,838 | 1,894 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 415 | 1:14,502 | 1,275 |
| Palau | - | 410 | 1:53 | 18 |
| New Zealand | - | 408 | 1:11,118 | 1,132 |
| Hong Kong | - | 401 | 1:19,333 | 2,070 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 394 | 1:18,368 | 1,253 |
| Cuba | - | 387 | 1:29,733 | 1,236 |
| China | - | 380 | 1:3,594,884 | 51,251 |
| Guyana | 100% | 380 | 1:2,009 | 387 |
| Panama | 100% | 378 | 1:10,335 | 1,364 |
| Poland | 100% | 330 | 1:115,234 | 2,410 |
| Suriname | 100% | 329 | 1:1,680 | 382 |
| Argentina | 100% | 324 | 1:132,016 | 2,089 |
| El Salvador | - | 312 | 1:20,326 | 1,058 |
| France | 100% | 306 | 1:217,223 | 3,400 |
| Bahamas | - | 302 | 1:1,322 | 319 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 276 | 1:25,913 | 2,557 |
| Barbados | - | 273 | 1:1,061 | 248 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 257 | 1:5,297 | 904 |
| Ivory Coast | 95% | 230 | 1:100,330 | 6,144 |
| Mali | 100% | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Indonesia | - | 210 | 1:1,228,398 | 71,972 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 208 | 1:50,968 | 2,023 |
| South Korea | 95% | 188 | 1:29,492 | 2,433 |
| Ireland | 100% | 185 | 1:25,100 | 1,114 |
| Germany | 100% | 171 | 1:565,368 | 5,643 |
| Egypt | - | 130 | 1:706,930 | 15,746 |
| Thailand | 100% | 125 | 1:560,527 | 25,619 |
| Northern Ireland | 98% | 116 | 1:15,889 | 904 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 106 | 1:173,391 | 8,110 |
| Israel | 76% | 99 | 1:84,878 | 4,000 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 89 | 1:267,075 | 20,735 |
| Lesotho | 98% | 86 | 1:23,721 | 2,904 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 82 | 1:1,212 | 251 |
| Italy | 100% | 81 | 1:753,853 | 7,100 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 80 | 1:2,400 | 456 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 79 | 1:1,389 | 288 |
| Sweden | 100% | 75 | 1:131,439 | 5,235 |
| Belgium | 100% | 67 | 1:171,493 | 4,532 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 67 | 1:52,990 | 1,427 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 66 | 1:124,447 | 3,582 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 65 | 1:2,397 | 507 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 61 | 1:9,247 | 779 |
| Belize | 100% | 55 | 1:6,442 | 1,167 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| Bermuda | - | 45 | 1:1,441 | 332 |
| Grenada | 100% | 45 | 1:2,403 | 485 |
| Malta | - | 45 | 1:9,541 | 977 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 43 | 1:79,712 | 2,322 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 39 | 1:1,407 | 321 |
| Qatar | 95% | 38 | 1:62,358 | 7,477 |
| Denmark | - | 37 | 1:152,689 | 3,777 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Norway | 100% | 35 | 1:146,638 | 4,100 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 34 | 1:5,230 | 859 |
| Iceland | - | 33 | 1:11,091 | 963 |
| Jersey | 100% | 33 | 1:3,030 | 450 |
| Japan | - | 32 | 1:3,999,564 | 25,599 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 32 | 1:3,487 | 654 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 28 | 1:1,116 | 260 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 27 | 1:2,270 | 503 |
| French Polynesia | - | 27 | 1:10,293 | 1,329 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 22 | 1:1,578 | 368 |
| Austria | 100% | 19 | 1:448,116 | 4,416 |
| Finland | 100% | 15 | 1:365,546 | 4,839 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Russia | 50% | 11 | 1:13,112,155 | 45,377 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 10 | 1:1,326 | 247 |
| Senegal | 100% | 10 | 1:1,458,136 | 11,437 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Czechia | 100% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Greece | - | 5 | 1:2,186,910 | 11,382 |
| Turkey | - | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Guinea | - | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Hungary | - | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Eunicé (3) are calculated separately.
Eunice (9,949) may also be a surname.
Eunice Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Greek Εύνίκη, compound of eύ ‘well’ and νίκη ‘victory’; the name of the mother of Timothy, mentioned in Acts xvi. 1 and 2 Tim i. 5. It came into use in England in the 17th C. The spelling Unice is found in New England in 1804. It is often pronounced as a disyllable; as Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 says: ‘A favourite with English lovers of Bible names, though unfortunately usually pronounced among the lower classes after the most ordinary English rules of spelling: Younice.’
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
In Greek, ‘good victory,’ Eunice was by the Jews given a slight moral twist to make it denote ‘one who conquers by virtue’; we find it in the New Testament as the name of Timothy’s mother. (Helena Swan.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A female name derived from the Greek name Ευνικη, signifying ‘happy victory.’ Eunike was a daughter of Nereus and Doris, who caused the death of Hylas.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Greek (feminine) - Fair victory, one who wins by her goodness.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Greek (feminine) - Good victory.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Yew-ny'-se, a good victory. The mother of Timothy, who was a Jewess by birth, but married to a Greek, Timothy s father. 2 Tim. i. 5.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: well-won: (literally happy victory).
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Greek name, meaning: Happily victorious.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Eunice Forename Popularity
Eunice Demographics
Average Eunice Salary in
United States
$35,910 USD
Per year
Rank:
310,876 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0163453
Rank: 768 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
82.5%
Sample size: 37,523 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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