Eugenio

ORIGIN:
Italian or Spanish form of “Eugene”, from the Greek for “well-born”.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Eugene, Gene, Owain, Owen, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Eugenio, the suspiciously attentive courier in Daisy Miller by Henry James (1879).

Tagged: 1870s, E, Italian, Spanish

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