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Euphemia
About Euphemia
Ancient martyr's name that, though not especially appealing, might still be mildly possible, especially for Anglophiles. It was widely used in early Scotland, but was overtaken by its nickname, Effie.
Pronounced you-FEE-mee-ah.
As of October 2026, Euphemia ranked #6186 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #770 in 1881.
Editor's take: The name Euphemia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "fair speech".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Famous Euphemias
- Saint Euphemia
4th century virgin,martyr
- Euphemia (born Lupicina)
Empress consort of Justin I of the Byzantine Empire
- Euphemia of Rügen
Queen consort of Håkon V of Norway
- Euphemia de Ross
Queen consort of Robert II of Scots
- Euphemia of Kuyavia
Queen consort of Yuri I of Galicia,Volhynia
- Euphemia of Kiev
Queen consort of Colomon of Hungary
- Euphemia
Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Mecklenburg; mother of King Albert of Sweden
- Euphemia "Tika" Sumpter
American actress
- (Martha) Euphemia Lofton Haynes
first African,American woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics
- Euphemia Allen
English composer of piano piece "Chopsticks"
- Euphemia "Effie" Gray Chalmers Millais
wife of critic John Ruskin and then artist John Edward Millais
- Euphemia Lamb
English artists' model
- Euphemia "Effie" Ellsler
American actress
- Euphemia "Effie" Germon
American actress
- Euphemia Jones
mother to American actress Vivian Vance
- Emilia Isabelle Euphemia Rose Clarke
English actress
Euphemia in pop culture
- Euphemia li Britannia
character from anime TV series Code Geass
- Euphemia Drew
elderly spinster in J. C. Powys's A Glastonbury Romance (1932)
- Euphemia Potter
mother of James Potter and grandmother of Harry Potter from the Harry Potter series
Variations & nicknames
- ÉadaoinIrish
- EuphèmeFrench
- EufemiaSpanish