Entry № 3140 · Greek origin

Eunice Eunice — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ YOO-niss /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Good victory"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "good victory".

Eunice (Εὐνίκη) combines the Greek eu (good) and nikē (victory) — meaning "good victory." In the New Testament, Eunice is the mother of Timothy and the daughter of Lois (2 Timothy 1:5).

Eunice peaked at #133 in the U.S. in 1929. Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921-2009) founded the Special Olympics.

Good victory. Timothy's mother.

The name in its native script.

Εὐνίκη
Transliteration
Euníkē
Pronunciation
/ ˈjuː.nɪs /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Eunice stands.

Eunice does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Eunices before her.

Real people
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Founder of Special Olympics.
1921 – 2009
In fiction
Eunice
Mother of Timothy in the New Testament.
2 Timothy 1:5

Names connected to Eunice.

The number behind Eunice.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Eunice reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.