Name profile

Eunice

A name of Latinized origin meaning "good victory".

OriginLatinized
PronunciationEnglish /ˈju.nɪs/
Usage languagesBiblical, Biblical Latin, English, Italian
US rank (2025)#2,354

Meaning and history

Eunice is the Latinized form of the Greek name Εὐνίκη (Eunike), meaning “good victory,” from εὖ (eu), “good,” and νίκη (nike), “victory.” In the New Testament, she is named as the mother of Timothy, and the name was first used in English after the Protestant Reformation.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 178 births, rank #1,314
2007: 166 births, rank #1,424
2008: 157 births, rank #1,486
2009: 135 births, rank #1,650
2010: 169 births, rank #1,372
20112011: 142 births, rank #1,540
2012: 135 births, rank #1,602
2013: 147 births, rank #1,502
2014: 147 births, rank #1,508
2015: 145 births, rank #1,537
20162016: 151 births, rank #1,505
2017: 133 births, rank #1,625
2018: 125 births, rank #1,672
2019: 134 births, rank #1,585
2020: 104 births, rank #1,860
20212021: 92 births, rank #2,071
2022: 111 births, rank #1,828
2023: 86 births, rank #2,195
2024: 100 births, rank #1,966
20252025: 77 births, rank #2,354

Eunice rose from #931 to #894 for girls between 1994 and 1995. Its highest annual birth count came in 1921, with 2,240 births.