Yevhen ( uk, Євге́н, Jevhén ), also spelled Evhen, is a common

Ukrainian given name Ukrainian names are given names that originated in Ukraine. In addition to the given names, Ukrainians also have patronymic and family names (surnames; see: ''Ukrainian surnames''). Ukrainian given names Diminutive and hypocoristic forms native ...

. Its

Old Church Slavonic Old Church Slavonic or Old Slavonic () was the first Slavic languages, Slavic literary language. Historians credit the 9th-century Byzantine Empire, Byzantine missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius with Standard language, standardizing the lan ...

form ''Евгении'' came from the Greek ''Eugenios'' (masculine form), names derived from the Greek adjective , literally "well-born"."Євген" in
Etymolohichnyĭ Slovnyk Ukraïns′koï Movy
' (''Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language''), O.S. Mel′nychuk, 1982–2006. Yevhen is the Ukrainian equivalent of the English given name

Eugene Eugene may refer to: People and fictional characters * Eugene (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Eugene (actress) (born 1981), Kim Yoo-jin, South Korean actress and former member of the sin ...

. People with the given name include *

Yevhen Adamtsevych Yevhen Oleksandrovych Adamtsevych (19 December 19041 January 1972) was a prominent blind Ukrainian bandurist. Biography Yevhen Oleksandrovych Adamtsevych was born in the village of Solonytsia on 1 January 1904, not far from the town of Lubny, in ...

, blind Ukrainian kobzar-bandurist *

Yevhen Apryshko Yevhen Anatoliovych Apryshko ( uk, Євген Анатолійович Апришко; born 23 January 1985) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian Association football, football midfielder currently playing for Ukrainian Second League club FC Kremin Kremench ...

(born 1985), Ukrainian footballer *

Yevhen Baryshnikov Yevhen Vitaliyovych Baryshnikov ( ua, Євген Віталійович Баришніков; born 1 August 1988) is a Ukrainian football manager and retired defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association fo ...

, a Ukrainian football defensive midfielder who plays for FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih *

Yevhen Braslavets Yevhen Anatoliyovych Braslavets ( uk, Євген Анатолійович Браславець; born 11 September 1972 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 470 class at t ...

, Ukrainian sailor and Olympic champion *

Yevhen Bredun Yevhen Bredun ( uk, Євген Бредун); Yevgeniy Bredun (russian: Евге́ний Дми́триевич Бреду́н; born 10 September 1982) is a Ukrainian (until 2015), Russian former footballer. Career Bredun began his professiona ...

, Ukrainian football defender who plays for FC Sevastopol *

Yevhen Budnik Yevhen Vitaliyovych Budnik ( uk, Євген Віталійович Буднік; born 4 September 1990) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Krasava Eny Ypsonas. Career Arsenal Kharkiv Budnik is a youth prod ...

, Ukrainian football midfielder for Metalist Kharkiv *

Yevhen Cheberyachko Yevhen Oleksandrovych Cheberyachko ( ua, Євген Олександрович Чеберячко; born 19 June 1983) is a Ukrainian retired professional football defender. Cheberyachko was part of the Ukraine national under-21 football team t ...

, Ukrainian footballer *

Yevhen Chepurnenko Yevhen Kostyantynovych Chepurnenko ( uk, Євген Костянтинович Чепурненко; born 6 September 1989) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Career Desna Chernihiv In 2015, he returned to FC Des ...

, Ukrainian football striker who plays for FC Lviv *

Yevhen Chernenko Yevhen Vasylovych Chernenko ( uk, Євген Васильович Черненко; 5 October 1934 – 3 January 2007) was a Ukrainian archaeologist. He was Professor of Archaeology at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and an inte ...

, Ukrainian archaeologist *

Yevhen Drahunov Yevhen Ivanovych Drahunov ( uk, Євген Іванович Драгунов; russian: Евгений Иванович Драгунов; 13 February 1964 – 10 September 2001) was a Ukrainian professional football player. Club career He made h ...

, Ukrainian footballer *

Yevhen Fedorovych Stankovych Yevhen Fedorovych Stankovych ( uk, Євге́н Фе́дорович Станко́вич; born September 19, 1942) is a contemporary Ukrainian composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, and choral works. Biography Stankovych was born in Szolyva ( ...

, Ukrainian composer * Yevhen Hrebinka, Ukrainian romantic, writer and poet *

Yevhen Hutsalo Yevhen Hutsalo (14 January 1937 – 4 July 1995 ) was a Ukrainian writer and journalist. Biography Hutsalo was born in Staryi Zhyvotiv, Vinnytsia oblast. He graduated from the Nizhyn Pedagogical Institute in 1959, and was first published in 19 ...

, Ukrainian writer and journalist *

Yevhen Khacheridi Yevhen Hryhorovych Khacheridi ( uk, Євген Григорович Хачеріді, el, Ευγένιος Χατσερίδης, ''Evgenios Chatseridis''; born 28 July 1987) is a Ukrainian footballer. Club career Dynamo Kyiv In 2010 he moved ...

, Ukrainian footballer *

Evhen Khytrov Evhen Khytrov ( ua, Євген Ігорович Хитров; born 18 August 1988) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. Khytrov won the gold medal at Middleweight division at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Baku. Khytrov was also 20 ...

(born 1988), Ukrainian boxer * Yevhen Konoplyanka (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer * Yevhen Konovalets (1891–1938), Ukrainian military commander and political leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement * Yevhen Kucherevskyi, Ukrainian football coach * Yevhen Kushnaryov, Ukrainian politician * Yevhen Lapinsky, Ukrainian volleyball player * Yevhen Lemeshko, Ukrainian football coach * Yevhen Levchenko, Ukrainian footballer * Yevhen Lozynskyi, Ukrainian football defender who plays for FC Zorya Luhans * Yevhen Lutsenko, Ukrainian footballer who plays for SC Tavriya Simferopol * Yevhen Lysytsyn, Ukrainian footballer * Yevhen Marchuk, Ukrainian statesman and politician *

Yevhen Novak Yevhen Anatoliyovych Novak ( uk, Євген Анатолійович Новак; born 1 February 1989) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ukrainian club Kolos Kovalivka. Club career Dynamo Kyiv Novak is a prod ...

, a Ukrainian footballer who plays for FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv * Yevhen Pavlov, Ukrainian football striker who plays for FC Volyn Lutsk * Yevhen Petrushevych, Ukrainian lawyer, politician and president of the Western Ukrainian National Republic *

Yevhen Pisotskyi Yevhen Pisotskyi ( uk, Євген Валерійович Пісоцький; born 22 April 1987 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian people, Ukrainian midfielder who plays for FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, Metalurh Zaporizhzhia. Career Pi ...

(born 1987), Ukrainian footballer *

Yevhen Pokhlebayev Yevhen Vasylyovych Pokhlebaev ( uk, Євген Васильович Похлєбаєв; russian: Евгений Васильевич Похлебаев; born 25 November 1971 in Poltava) is a retired Ukraine, Ukrainian Association football, footb ...

, Ukrainian footballer *

Yevhen Pronenko Yevhen Pronenko ( uk, Євген Вікторович Проненко; born 4 November 1984) is a Ukrainian football defender. Club history Pronenko began his football career in SILKO Verkhnodniprovsk in Verkhnodniprovsk. He signed with FC ...

(born 1984), Ukrainian footballer * Yevhen Rudakov (1942–2011), Ukrainian football goalkeeper * Yevhen Seleznyov (born 1985), Ukrainian footballer * Yevhen Selin, Ukrainian football defender who plays for Vorskla Poltava * Yevhen Semenenko, Ukrainian triple jumper *

Yevhen Shakhov (footballer born 1962) Yevhen Serhiyovych Shakhov (born 6 August 1962, in Zaporizhia) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he works as an assistant coach with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. His son Yevhen Yevhenovych Shakhov is a profe ...

, Ukrainian footballer *

Yevhen Shakhov (footballer born 1990) Yevhen Yevhenovych Shakhov ( uk, Євген Євгенович Шахов; born 30 November 1990) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for the Ukraine national team. Club career Born in Dnipropetrovsk, Sha ...

, Ukrainian footballer *

Evhen Shapoval Yevhen Vasylyovych Shapoval ( uk, Євген Васильович Шаповал; born 16 August 1987) is a Ukrainian former football defender. Club history Yevhen Shapoval began his football career in Metalist Youth in Kharkiv. He transferr ...

(born 1987), Ukrainian footballer * Yevhen Shevchenko, Ukrainian football striker *

Yevhen Shmakov Yevhen Viktorovych Shmakov ( ua, Євген Шмаков; born 7 June 1985) is a former professional Ukrainian football midfielder. Career He played for Arsenal Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League on loan from Dynamo Kyiv. On 22 August 2008, Ar ...

, Ukrainian football midfielder who is currently playing for Simurq PFC *

Evhen Tsybulenko Evhen Tsybulenko ( uk, Євген Цибуленко, b. 21. October 1972 in Simferopol, Ukraine) is an Estonian legal scholar of Ukrainian descent. He is professor of law at the Tallinn University of Technology and Kyiv International Universit ...

(born 1972), Estonian professor of international law * Yevhen Vynohradov, Ukrainian hammer thrower *

Yevhen Yevseyev Yevhen Yevseyev ( uk, Євген Васильович Євсеєв; 16 April 1987 – 19 August 2011) was a professional Ukrainian football defender who played for Arsenal Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League. He was killed in a car accident i ...

(1987–2011), Ukrainian footballer

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