In the beginning, the girl they called Gina was actually named Eugenia, a name that originated from the feminization of Eugene, meaning well-born, noble, great. Eugenics is frowned upon, the maximization of gene potential synonymous with Hitler’s Aryan race, but if there was ever to be a perfect human subspecies, Eugenia would be the name of the first perfect woman.
December 24, 2008
I love writing about names