A female name derived from Greek, though also historically associated with eugenics, the now-discredited pseudoscience of controlled breeding.
From Greek 'eugenes' meaning 'well-born' or 'of noble birth,' composed of 'eu' (good) and 'genos' (birth/race). Empress Eugénie of France (1826-1920) popularized it as a name.
The name 'Eugenie' became forever tainted when the word 'eugenics' (from the same Greek root 'eugenes') was co-opted by 20th-century scientists to justify Nazi racial theories, turning 'good birth' into one of history's darkest pseudo-sciences.
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