Boy name origins & meanings Greek : Well-bornEnglish : Well-born Boy name variations Eugene Eugen Eugeni Eugenio Evgeny Ezven Genio Jeno Genek Gena Genya Gine Yevgeni Yevgenij Yevgeniy Yengeny Family name origins & meanings French : from a reduced form of the personal name Eugène (see Eugene). Famous people with this first name Gene Simmons Gene Wilder