Eunice is a feminine given name, from the Greek Εὐνίκη, ''Euníkē'', from "eu", good, and "níkē", victory. Eunice is also a relatively rare last name, found in Nigeria and the Southeastern United States, chiefly Louisiana and Georgia.
People
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Eunice (Bible)
According to the New Testament, Eunice was the mother of Timothy and influenced his faith in Christ. Born into the Jewish faith, she and her mother Lois accepted Christianity.
Eunice is identified by name only in 2 Timothy 1:5, where the auth ...
, mother of Timothy
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Eunice (Bosporan queen)
Eunice ( el, Eὐνείκη, flourished 1st century, died ''after'' 69) was the queen of the Bosporan Kingdom by marriage to King Cotys I. She appears to have been regent during the minority of her son Rhescuporis I in 68-69.
Life Queen
Eunice w ...
, wife of Bosporan Roman Client King Tiberius Julius Cotys I
*Eunice, born Heo Soo-yeon, member of Kpop girl group DIA
* Eunice Eloisae Gibbs Allyn (1847–1916), American correspondent, author, poet
* Eunice Crowther (1916–1986), British singer, dancer, and choreographer
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Eunice Hale Waite Cobb
Eunice Hale Cobb (, Waite; January 27, 1803 – May 2, 1880) was an American writer, public speaker, and activist. She was born in Kennebunk, Maine in 1803 and she married Rev. Sylvanus Cobb in Hallowell, Maine in 1822. She was a devoted and effic ...
(1803–1880), American writer, public speaker, activist
* Eunice Caldwell Cowles (1811-1903), American educator
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Eunice Eisden
Eunice M.D. Eisden (born 22 September 1961) is a Curaçaoan politician. She was Minister Plenipotentiary of Curaçao between 23 December 2016 and 13 April 2017. She was succeeded by Leendert Rojer.
Eisden is a member of the Partido MAN. In 2009 sh ...
(born 1961), Curaçaoan politician
* Eunice Newton Foote (1819-1888), American atmospheric scientist and civil rights advocate
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Eunice Frost
Eunice Frost (1914–1998), was a British publisher. She started in 1936, working for Penguin Books, as secretary to co-founder Allen Lane
Sir Allen Lane (born Allen Lane Williams; 21 September 1902 – 7 July 1970) was a British publishe ...
(1914–1998), British publisher
* Eunice Gayson (1928–2018), English actress
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Eunice Huthart
Eunice Huthart (born 2 November 1966) is best known for winning ''Gladiators (1992 British TV series), Gladiators'' and then being invited to return to the show as a Gladiator herself, under the name "Blaze". She remains the only UK contender to ...
(born 1966), British stuntwoman
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Eunice Murray
Eunice Guthrie Murray (21 January 1878 – 26 March 1960) was a Scottish suffrage campaigner and author. She was the only Scottish woman in the first election open to women in 1918.
Life
Murray was born in Cardross to American born abolitioni ...
(1878 –1960), Scottish suffrage campaigner, author, folklorist. First Scottish woman to stand in the first election open to women in 1918.
* Eunice Norton (1908–2005), American pianist
* Eunice Olawale, was a Nigerian Christian female preacher who was murdered by suspected Muslim extremists in the early hours of July 9 2016
* Eunice Olsen (born 1977), winner of the Miss Singapore Universe contest in 2000 and Singapore version of Vanna White
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Eunice Olumide
Eunice Olumide MBE is a Scottish fashion model and actress.
Early life
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Olumide has dual British and Nigerian nationality. The name "Olumide" means "God has come" or "My Hero has come" in the Yoruba language.
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(born 1987), Scottish model of Nigerian descent
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Eunice Parsons
Eunice Lulu Parsons (born August 4, 1916), also known as Eunice Jensen Parsons, is an American modernist artist known for her collages. Parsons was born in Loma, Colorado and currently lives in Portland, Oregon. She studied at the School of t ...
(born 1916), American modernist collage artist and art teacher.
* Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921–2009), sister of JFK, founder of the Special Olympics
* Eunice Spry (born 1944), British criminal
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Eunice Sum
Eunice Jepkoech Sum (born 10 April 1988) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She was the 2013 World champion and won the bronze medal in 2015. Sum took a silver and a gold at the 2012 and 2014 African Champion ...
(born 1988), Kenyan middle-distance runner
*Eunice Kathleen Waymon, birth name of Nina Simone (1933–2003), American singer, pianist and arranger.
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Eunice Muñoz
Eunice Muñoz, OSE, GCIH (30 July 1928 – 15 April 2022) was a Portuguese actress, considered one of the best Portuguese actresses ever. She was born in Amareleja, Portugal. She studied at the Portuguese National Conservatory, nowadays the L ...
(born 1928), Portuguese actress
Greek mythological figures
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Eunice (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Eunice ( Ancient Greek: Εὐνίκη ''Eunikê'' means 'she of happy victory') was the "rosy-armed" Nereid, sea- nymph daughter of the ' Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.Apollodorus, 1.2.7 She is described ...
*DC Eunice Noon, Darego's police partner on the British dark-comedy TV drama '' The End of the F***ing World''
*Eunice, a character in the 1895 novel ''Quo Vadis'' by Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz
*Eunice Bates, a character from the romantic comedy sports film '' She's the Man''
*Eunice Burns, a character in the 1972 romantic comedy film '' What's Up, Doc?''
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Eunice Harper Higgins
Eunice Higgins (née Harper) is the main character in "The Family" comedy sketches played by Carol Burnett and featured on '' The Carol Burnett Show'' (1974–78) and '' Carol Burnett & Company'' (1979). Eunice was also featured in her eponymou ...
, fictional character from ''The Carol Burnett Show'' and ''Mama's Family''
* Eunice Dunstan, a character in the Irish soap opera ''Fair City''
* Sister Mary Eunice McKee, a character in ''American Horror Story: Asylum''
*Eunice Tate, a character on the TV sitcom '' Soap''
*Eunice Tolling, a character in the Enid Blyton book ''
The Mystery of the Missing Man
''The Mystery of the Missing Man'', published 1956, is the thirteenth novel in the ''Five Find-Outers'' written by Enid Blyton and originally illustrated by Lilian Buchanan.
Characters
*Fatty(Frederick) – The chief of the Five Find-Outers ...
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Places
Inhabited places
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Eunice, Alberta
Westlock County is a List of municipal districts in Alberta, municipal district in central Alberta, Canada that is north of Edmonton. The county was formerly known as the Municipal District of Westlock No. 92, and was created in 1943 from the m ...
, Westlock County, Alberta, Canada
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Eunice, Arkansas
Eunice (also Eunice Landing and Railroad Township) is a ghost town on the east bank of the Mississippi River in Chicot County, Arkansas, United States.
The settlement was completely destroyed by the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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, a ghost town in Chicot County, Arkansas, U.S.
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Eunice, Kentucky
Eunice is an unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky, United States. Its elevation is 781 feet (238 m).
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Unincorporated communities in Adair County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
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Eunice, West Virginia
Eunice is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers ...
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Eunice Lake (Pierce County, Washington)
Eunice Lake is a glacial lake located in Pierce County, Washington and in the northwest part of Mount Rainier National Park. The lake was named after Eunice Sargent Roth by her husband Andy (Adolph) Roth who grew up in Washogal and was active in t ...
* ''Eunice'' (annelid), a genus in the worm family Eunicidae
*''Eunice'', a genus of brush-footed butterflies invalidly established by Geyer in 1832; now ''
Eunica
''Eunica'' is a genus of Nymphalidae, nymphalid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm.
Species
The genus contains the following species, listed alphabetically:''Eunice'' (film), a 1982 television film based on the Carol Burnett character Eunice Harper Higgins
* Eunice (software), a Unix emulation package for the VAX/VMS operating system
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Eunice High School
Eunice High School is a public high school located in Eunice, in the far western end of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is operated by the St. Landry Parish School Board. Eunice High graduated its first class in 1910; the current bu ...
, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
* Eunice (storm), a 2022 cyclone over northwestern Europe