Euphemia (; el, Ευφημία) is a Greek female given name, meaning "well-spoken". It is derived from the ancient Greek words ''ευ'' (good) and ''φημί'' (to speak). Its diminutive or pet form is Effie or Phemie. Euphemia, also rendered as Eufemia and Eupham, may also refer to:

People

Saints

Euphemia Euphemia ( el, Εὐφημία; "well-spoken f), known as the All-praised in the Eastern Orthodox Church, was a virgin, who was martyred for her faith at Chalcedon in 303 AD. According to tradition, Euphemia was arrested for refusing to offer ...

(died 303 CE) - Christian martyr and saint

Royalty

Euphemia (empress) Euphemia (Greek: Εὐφημία, died 520s), whose original name was Lupicina, was an Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire by marriage to Justin I. Empress Euphemia is credited with the ecclesiastical policies of Justin and she founded a Church ...

(died 520s), Byzantine Empress *

Euphemia of Hungary Euphemia of Hungary was a daughter of King Béla I of Hungary and his wife, Richesa (or Adelaide) of Poland (1050s – 11 April 1111). She was the wife of Duke Otto I of Olomouc, the second son the Duke of Bohemia Bretislav I . They were married ...

(died 1111), Duchess Consort of Moravia *

Euphemia of Kiev Evfimija Vladimirovna ( uk, Євфимія Володимирівна, russian: Евфимия Владимировна), known as Euphemia of Kiev ( 1112–died 4 April 1139) was Queen Consort of Hungary by marriage to Coloman, King of Hungary. ...

(died 1139), Queen Consort of Hungary *

Euphemia of Rügen Euphemia of Rügen (c. 1280 – May 1312) was Queen of Norway as the spouse of Håkon V of Norway. She is famous in history as a literary figure, and known for commissioning translations of romances. Biography Euphemia was most likely the daughte ...

(c. 1280–1312), Queen Consort of Norway *

Euphemia de Ross Euphemia de Ross (1329–1386), a member of Clan Ross, was Queen of Scots as the second wife of Robert II of Scotland. Life Euphemia was a daughter of Hugh, Earl of Ross, and Margaret de Graham, Hugh's second wife and daughter of Sir John de Gr ...

(died 1386), Queen Consort of Scotland *

Euphemia of Sweden Euphemia of Sweden (Swedish: ''Eufemia Eriksdotter''; 1317 – 16 June 1370) was a Swedish princess. She was Duchess consort of Mecklenburg, heiress of Sweden and of Norway, and mother of King Albert of Sweden. (c. 1338-1412) . Biography E ...

(1317–1370), Duchess Consort of Mecklenburg *

Euphemia of Pomerania Euphemia of Pomerania (1285 – 26 July 1330) was Queen of Denmark as the spouse of King Christopher II. She was the daughter of Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania, and his second spouse, Margarete of Rügen. Euphemia wed Christopher in 1300. The mar ...

(1285–1330), Queen Consort of Denmark

Nobles

Euphemia of Greater Poland Euphemia of Greater Poland ( pl, Eufemia Odonicówna) (c. 1230 – 15 February after 1281), was a Polish princess member of the House of Piast from the Greater Poland branch and by marriage was Duchess of Kalisz, Wieluń and Opole-Racibórz. ...

(c. 1230–after 1281) - wife of Władysław Opolski * Euphemia I, Countess of Ross (died in the 1390s) *

Euphemia II, Countess of Ross Euphemia II, Countess of Ross (also Euphemia Leslie) was the daughter of Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross and his wife Isabella Stewart, daughter of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany. She was the only child and heir of Earl Alexander, and succeeded ...

(fl. early 15th century)

Other people

Euphemia Cowan Barnett Euphemia Cowan Barnett (1890–1970) was a Scottish botanist known for her research of the flora of Thailand, particularly Fagaceae. Biography Barnett was educated at the High School for Girls in Aberdeen, she then went on to study botany at ...

(1890–1970), Scottish botanist * Euphemia Vale Blake (1817–1904), American author, critic * Euphemia Bostock (born 1936, aka Phemie Bostock), Aboriginal Australian artist, involved with the National Black Theatre in Sydney in the 1970s *

Effie Gray Euphemia Chalmers Millais, Lady Millais (''née'' Gray; 7 May 1828 – 23 December 1897) was a Scottish artists' model and the wife of Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais. She had previously been married to the art critic John Ruskin, ...

(1828–1897), wife of first art critic John Ruskin, then painter John Everett Millais *

Euphemia Wilson Pitblado Euphemia Wilson Pitblado (, Wilson; 1849 – June 17, 1928) was a Scottish-born American women's activist, social reformer, and writer. She traveled in Europe, Canada, and in the United States, crossing the Atlantic five times. Pitblado was a del ...

(1849–1928), Scottish-born American activist, social reformer * Eufemia "Femi" Benussi (born 1945), Italian actress * Emilia Euphemia Clarke (born 1986), British actress

As a surname

Catarina Eufémia Catarina Efigénia Sabino Eufémia (; February 13, 1928 to May 19, 1954) was an illiterate harvester from Alentejo, Portugal who was murdered during a worker's strike by lieutenant Carrajola of the Guarda Nacional Republicana in Monte do Olival, ...

(1928–1954), Portuguese peasant who became a symbol of Portuguese communists *

Frank Eufemia Frank Anthony Eufemia (born December 23, 1959) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played in 39 games for the Minnesota Twins in the season. He was drafted by the Twins in the 18th round of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft ...

(born 1959), retired Major League Baseball relief pitcher

Fictional characters

Euphemia li Britannia is a fictional character who appears in Sunrise's anime television series ''Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion'' (often referred to simply as ''Code Geass'') In the series, Omi Minami voices the character, while Michelle Ruff plays her in the ...

, in the anime series '' Code Geass'' * Effie Munro, in the Sherlock Holmes story "

The Adventure of the Yellow Face "The Adventure of the Yellow Face", one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the third tale from ''The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes''. It was first published in '' The Strand Magazine'' in the United Kingd ...

" * Effie is the name of detective Sam Spade's secretary in ''The Maltese Falcon'' *

Effie Trinket The following is a list of characters in ''The Hunger Games'' novels, a series of young adult science fiction novels by Suzanne Collins whose original trilogy was later adapted into a series of four feature films. The actors who portray these c ...

, in the saga '' The Hunger Games''

Other uses

* , a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919 *

630 Euphemia 630 Euphemia is a mid-sized Eunomian asteroid. Photometric observations at the Palmer Divide Observatory during 2005 showed a best fit rotation period of 79.18 ± 0.02 hours with a brightness variation of 0.2 ± 0.02 in magnitude. However, som ...

, a minor planet * Euphemia (typeface), included in OS X * "Euphemia", song by Area 11 from the albums ''Blackline'' and ''All the Lights in the Sky'' * Gulf of Saint Euphemia, an Italian gulf