Euphemia (disambiguation)

Euphemia (/juːˈfiːmiə/; Greek: Ευφημία) is a Greek female given name, meaning "well-spoken". It is derived from the ancient Greek words ευ (good) and φημί (to speak).
The diminutive Effie is a pet form of Euphemia.

Euphemia, also rendered as Eufemia and Eupham, may also refer to:

People

Saints

Euphemia (died 303 CE) - Christian martyr and saint

Royalty

Euphemia (empress) (died 520s), Byzantine Empress
Euphemia of Hungary (died 1111), Duchess Consort of Moravia
Euphemia of Kiev (died 1139), Queen Consort of Hungary
Euphemia of Rügen (c. 1280–1312), Queen Consort of Norway
Euphemia de Ross (died 1386), Queen Consort of Scotland
Euphemia of Sweden (1317–1370), Duchess Consort of Mecklenburg
Euphemia of Pomerania (1285–1330), Queen Consort of Denmark

Nobles

Euphemia of Greater Poland (c. 1230–after 1281) - wife of Władysław Opolski
Euphemia I, Countess of Ross (died in the 1390s)
Euphemia II, Countess of Ross (fl. early 15th century)

Other

Euphemia Cowan Barnett (1890–1970), Scottish botanist
Euphemia Vale Blake (1817–1904), American author, critic
Catarina Eufémia (1928–1954), Portuguese peasant who became a symbol of Portuguese communists
Frank Eufemia (born 1959), retired Major League Baseball relief pitcher
Effie Gray (1828–1897), wife of first art critic John Ruskin, then painter John Everett Millais
Euphemia Wilson Pitblado (1849–1928), Scottish-born American activist, social reformer

Fictional characters

Euphemia li Britannia, in the anime series Code Geass
Effie Munro, in the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Yellow Face"
Effie Trinket, in the saga The Hunger Games

Other uses

USS Euphemia (SP-539), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919
630 Euphemia, a minor planet
Euphemia (typeface), included in OS X
"Euphemia" by Area 11 from the albums Blackline and All the Lights in the Sky
Gulf of Saint Euphemia, an Italian gulf