Euphemia

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of the Greek name Ευφημια (Euphemia) = 'to speak well'

Combination of Greek ευ (eu) = 'good, well' and φημι (phemi) = 'to speak' ^[1]

Related Names

Efemía	♀
Eufemia	♀
Eufemía	♀
Eufemiia	♀
Euphemia	♀
Evfemía	♀

See also Effi, Femja, Mia

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1811 ^[2]

Namesakes

Euphemia von Rügen (1270 – May 1312), queen of Norway by marriage to king Hákon Magnússon

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂		Trend
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[3]		3	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[4]		1	5	0	0
Norway[5]		0	0	0	0
Finland[6]		n.a.	1	n.a	1
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Euphemia.

Sources: ^{[4] [3] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi