Meaning and Origin of: Eunice

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Greek : Victorious

Girl name variations

Eunyce
Eunise
Euniss
Unice

Family name origins & meanings

  • Americanized form of Spanish Núñez (see Nunez) in a family of Portuguese Jewish origin. This family name occurs chiefly in GA. The etymology of the female given name Eunice is from Greek eu ‘good’ + nikē ‘victory’, but no historical connection has been established between the given name and the surname.
  • At the time of the Civil War, Cole Nunez, a descendant of Samuel Nunez of Savannah, GA, changed his surname to Eunice.