Efigenia

This name derives from the Ancient Greek “Īphigéneia (Ῑ̓φῐγένειᾰ)”, composed of two elements: “îphi (ἶφι) Ī́phidos (Ἴφιδος)” (strong, might) plus “génos (γένος) gennáō (γεννάω)” (to beget, give birth to, to bring forth, produce, generate). In turn, the name means “strong-born, mighty, a strong race.” Iphigenia is a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Greek mythology, whom Agamemnon is commanded to kill as a sacrifice to allow his ships to sail to Troy. In Attic accounts, her name means “strong-born, born to strength,” or “she who causes the birth of strong offspring. One of the feast days is for Marie-Françoise-Gabrielle-Suzanne de Gaillard de Lavaldène (Iphigenia of St. Matthew), professed religious of the monastery of Sacramentine Bollène, born on September 23, 1761, in Bollène.