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Meaning and etymology of the name Eunice
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Eunice 
The name Eunice appears once in the Bible (2 Timothy 1:5). She's the daughter of Lois and the mother of Timothy, the protégé of Paul. She was Jewish and a Christian and married to a Greekl (Acts 16:1), but that's all we know about her.
The name Eunice consists of two parts. The first part is the common Greek adverb  (eu), meaning well, good or noble. It exists in names such as Euphrates and Euodia, and words like Eucharist and Euchologion, or even eucalyptus and eunomia. The word itself is used frequently in the New testament, most notably in Matthew 25:21, Mark 14:7, Acts 15:29 and Ephesians 6:3.
The second part of the name Eunice is the well known Greek word  (nika), meaning victory (well-known in our day and age because it's the name of a shoe brand: Nike). This verb is used marvelously in John's first letter, where John writes, "For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith" (1 John 5:4).
The name Eunice means Good Victory.
Other Biblical names that have the word nika in them are: Bernice, Nicanor, Nicodemus, Nicolas, and Nicopolis.
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