Yevhen

Yevhen

Yevhen is a popular Ukrainian name. Pictured: Ukrainian footballer Yevhen Pichkur.
Gender	Male
Language	Ukrainian
Origin
Language	Greek
Word/name	eugenḗs (εὐγενής)
Meaning	'well-born'
Other names
Alternative spelling	Evhen
Related names	Eugene, Yevgeny

Yevhen (Ukrainian: Євге́н [jeu̯ˈɦɛn] ^ⓘ), also romanized Evhen, is a common Ukrainian given name, the equivalent of the English Eugene. Its Old Church Slavonic form Evgenii (Евгении) came from the Greek Eugénios (Εὐγένιος), from the adjective eugenḗs (εὐγενής), literally 'well-born'.

People with the given name include:

• Yevhen Adamtsevych, blind Ukrainian kobzar-bandurist
• Yevhen Apryshko (born 1985), Ukrainian footballer
• Yevhen Baryshnikov, a Ukrainian football defensive midfielder who plays for FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
• Yevhen Braslavets, Ukrainian sailor and Olympic champion
• Yevhen Bredun, Ukrainian football defender who plays for FC Sevastopol
• Yevhen Budnik, Ukrainian football midfielder for Metalist Kharkiv
• Yevhen Cheberyachko, Ukrainian footballer
• Yevhen Chepurnenko, Ukrainian football striker who plays for FC Lviv
• Yevhen Chernenko, Ukrainian archaeologist
• Yevhen Drahunov, Ukrainian footballer
• Yevhen Fedorovych Stankovych, Ukrainian composer
• Yevhen Hrebinka, Ukrainian romantic, writer and poet
• Yevhen Hutsalo, Ukrainian writer and journalist
• Yevhen Khacheridi, Ukrainian footballer
• Evhen Khytrov (born 1988), Ukrainian boxer
• Yevhen Konoplyanka (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer
• Yevhen Konovalets (1891–1938), Ukrainian military commander and political leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement
• Yevhen Kucherevskyi, Ukrainian football coach
• Yevhen Kushnaryov, Ukrainian politician
• Yevhen Lapinsky, Ukrainian volleyball player
• Yevhen Lemeshko, Ukrainian football coach
• Yevhen Levchenko, Ukrainian footballer
• Yevhen Lozynskyi, Ukrainian football defender who plays for FC Zorya Luhans
• Yevhen Lutsenko, Ukrainian footballer who plays for SC Tavriya Simferopol
• Yevhen Lysytsyn, Ukrainian footballer
• Yevhen Marchuk, Ukrainian statesman and politician
• Yevhen Novak, a Ukrainian footballer who plays for FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv
• Yevhen Pavlov, Ukrainian football striker who plays for FC Volyn Lutsk
• Yevhen Petrushevych, Ukrainian lawyer, politician and president of the Western Ukrainian National Republic
• Yevhen Pisotskyi (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer
• Yevhen Pokhlebayev, Ukrainian footballer
• Yevhen Pronenko (born 1984), Ukrainian footballer
• Yevhen Rudakov (1942–2011), Ukrainian football goalkeeper
• Yevhen Seleznyov (born 1985), Ukrainian footballer
• Yevhen Selin, Ukrainian football defender who plays for Vorskla Poltava
• Yevhen Semenenko, Ukrainian triple jumper
• Yevhen Shakhov (footballer born 1962), Ukrainian footballer
• Yevhen Shakhov (footballer born 1990), Ukrainian footballer
• Evhen Shapoval (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer
• Yevhen Shevchenko, Ukrainian football striker
• Yevhen Shmakov, Ukrainian football midfielder who is currently playing for Simurq PFC
• Evhen Tsybulenko (born 1972), Estonian professor of international law
• Yevhen Vynohradov, Ukrainian hammer thrower
• Yevhen Yevseyev (1987–2011), Ukrainian footballer

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Yevhen