Gender Feminine
Usage Biblical, English, Biblical Latin
Meaning & History
Latinized form of the Greek name , derived from eu) meaning "good" and nike) meaning "victory" [1] [2] [3] . The New Testament mentions her as the mother of Timothy. As an English name, it was first used after the Protestant Reformation.
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Sources & References
- Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Εὐνίκη.
- Liddell, Scott and Jones. An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, entry eu)=, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Deu%29%3D.
- Liddell, Scott and Jones. An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, entry ni/kh2, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dni%2Fkh2.
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Entry updated May 26, 2026