Euphémie (given name)

Euphémie
Pronunciation	French: øfemi
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	French via Greek
Meaning	Well spoken of, of good reputation
Other names
Related names	Effemy, Effie, Eppie, Eufemia, Euphame, Eupheme, Euphemia, Euphie, Femi, Femie, Jefimija, Phemie, Evfimia, Yevfymiya

Euphémie, Anglicized as Euphemie, is a feminine given name, a French version of the name Euphemia, which is a Greek name meaning well spoken, from a combination of the Greek word elements eu , meaning good, and phēmí, meaning to speak.^[1]

Notable people with the name include:

Euphémie Daguilh (died 1834), Haitian composer and choreographer, mistress of Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Euphémie Muraton (1836–1914), French painter

Notes

↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. pp. 85, 95, 305. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.

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[hanks-1] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. pp. 85, 95, 305. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.

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