Eunice

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːnɪs/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Homophone: youness

Etymology 1

A biblical name from Ancient Greek Εὐνίκη (Euníkē), from εὖ (eû, “good”) +‎ νίκη (níkē, “victory”).

Proper noun

Eunice

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC:
     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'."

2. A city in Louisiana
3. A city in New Mexico

Translations

female given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尤妮斯 (Yóunīsī)

• Coptic: ⲉⲩⲛⲓⲕⲏ (eunikē)
• Greek: Ευνίκη (el) f (Evníki)

  Ancient: Εὐνίκη f (Euníkē)

• Hindi: यूनिस f (yūnis)
• Irish: Eoinícé f
• Manx: Eunys f
• Spanish: Éunice f
• Urdu: یونس f (yūnis)

Etymology 2

Americanized form of Spanish Núñez.

Proper noun

Eunice (plural Eunices)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Eunice is the 38103^rd 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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eunice”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 539.