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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
A biblical name from Ancient Greek Εὐνίκη (Euníkē), from εὖ (eû, “good”) + νίκη (níkē, “victory”).[1]
Proper noun
Eunice
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- 2 Timothy 1:5:
- When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
2009, Anne Tyler, Noah's Compass, Vintage, →ISBN, pages 109–110:"Eunice," he said consideringly.
She paused in the midst of licking a dab of frosting off one finger.
"Properly speaking," he said, "it should be 'You-nike-ee'. That's the way Greeks would have said it."
"You-niss is bad enough," she told him. "I've always hated my name."
"Oh, it's a fine name. It means 'victorious'."
- A city in Louisiana
- A city in New Mexico
Translations
Etymology 2
Americanized form of Spanish Núñez.
Proper noun
Eunice (plural Eunices)
- A surname from Spanish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Eunice is the 38103rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 582 individuals. Eunice is most common among White (73.88%) and Black/African American (17.53%) individuals.
Further reading
References
- ^ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.