title: Yevhen
text: # 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
  