Yevhen
# Yevhen

Yevhen (Ukrainian: Євге́н, romanized: Jevhén), also spelled Evhen, is a common Ukrainian given name. Its Old Church Slavonic form Евгении came from the Greek Εὐγένης, Εὐγένιος Eugenios (masculine form), names derived from the Greek adjective εὐγενής, literally "well-born".

Yevhen is the Ukrainian equivalent of the English given name Eugene. People with the given name include

* Yevhen Adamtsevych, blind Ukrainian kobzar-bandurist
* Yevhen Apryshko (born 1985), Ukrainian footballer
* Yevhen Baryshnikov, a Ukrainian football defensive midfielder who plays for FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
* Yevhen Braslavets, Ukrainian sailor and Olympic champion
* Yevhen Bredun, Ukrainian football defender who plays for FC Sevastopol
* Yevhen Budnik, Ukrainian football midfielder for Metalist Kharkiv
* Yevhen Cheberyachko, Ukrainian footballer
* Yevhen Chepurnenko, Ukrainian football striker who plays for FC Lviv
* Yevhen Chernenko, Ukrainian archaeologist
* Yevhen Drahunov, Ukrainian footballer
* Yevhen Fedorovych Stankovych, Ukrainian composer
* Yevhen Hrebinka, Ukrainian romantic, writer and poet
* Yevhen Hutsalo, Ukrainian writer and journalist
* Yevhen Khacheridi, Ukrainian footballer
* Evhen Khytrov (born 1988), Ukrainian boxer
* Yevhen Konoplyanka (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer
* Yevhen Konovalets (1891–1938), Ukrainian military commander and political leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement
* Yevhen Kucherevskyi, Ukrainian football coach
* Yevhen Kushnaryov, Ukrainian politician
* Yevhen Lapinsky, Ukrainian volleyball player
* Yevhen Lemeshko, Ukrainian football coach
* Yevhen Levchenko, Ukrainian footballer
* Yevhen Lozynskyi, Ukrainian football defender who plays for FC Zorya Luhans
* Yevhen Lutsenko, Ukrainian footballer who plays for SC Tavriya Simferopol
* Yevhen Lysytsyn, Ukrainian footballer
* Yevhen Marchuk, Ukrainian statesman and politician
* Yevhen Novak, a Ukrainian footballer who plays for FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv
* Yevhen Pavlov, Ukrainian football striker who plays for FC Volyn Lutsk
* Yevhen Petrushevych, Ukrainian lawyer, politician and president of the Western Ukrainian National Republic
* Yevhen Pisotskyi (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer
* Yevhen Pokhlebayev, Ukrainian footballer
* Yevhen Pronenko (born 1984), Ukrainian footballer
* Yevhen Rudakov (1942–2011), Ukrainian football goalkeeper
* Yevhen Seleznyov (born 1985), Ukrainian footballer
* Yevhen Selin, Ukrainian football defender who plays for Vorskla Poltava
* Yevhen Semenenko, Ukrainian triple jumper
* Yevhen Shakhov (footballer born 1962), Ukrainian footballer
* Yevhen Shakhov (footballer born 1990), Ukrainian footballer
* Evhen Shapoval (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer
* Yevhen Shevchenko, Ukrainian football striker
* Yevhen Shmakov, Ukrainian football midfielder who is currently playing for Simurq PFC
* Evhen Tsybulenko (born 1972), Estonian professor of international law
* Yevhen Vynohradov, Ukrainian hammer thrower
* Yevhen Yevseyev (1987–2011), Ukrainian footballer
