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First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1877. From Russian Евге́ния (Jevgénija).
Jevgeņija f
- A transliteration of the Russian female given name Евге́ния (Jevgénija), equivalent to Eugenia.
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Jevgeņija was the only given name of 1616 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.