# Eugene

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈjuː.d͡ʒin/ · frequency rank #9,603

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
2. A city, the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French Eugène, from Latin Eugenius, from Ancient Greek Εὐγένιος (Eugénios, “well born”), from εὖ (eû, “good, well”) + -γενής (-genḗs, “born a certain way”). Parallel to eugenics. Doublet of Yevgeny, Eugenius, and Owen.

## Easily confused with
- **Eugenie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eugene-vs-eugenie)
- **Eugenia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eugene-vs-eugenia)
- **engine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/engine-vs-eugene)
- **Eocene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eocene-vs-eugene)

## Common misspellings (7)
`eguene`, `euegne`, `eugeen`, `eugenne`, `euggene`, `eugnee`, `uegene`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/eugene