The Greek proper name Eutychos (Εὔτυχος) means fortunate, lucky. It appears once in the NT — Acts 20:9 — where a young man named Eutychus falls from a third-story window during Paul's lengthy sermon in Troas and is raised from the dead. The name, from eu (well) and tychē (fortune), proved ironically fitting.
The account of Eutychos in Acts 20:7–12 is one of the most vivid narratives in Acts. Paul was preaching on the first day of the week (Sunday evening) and 'prolonged his speech until midnight.' The young man, seated in a window, sank into deep sleep and fell from the third story. Luke the physician, who was present (note the 'we' in v. 7), records that Eutychus 'was taken up dead.' Paul went down, embraced him (echoing Elijah in 1 Kings 17:21 and Elisha in 2 Kings 4:34), and declared 'his life is in him.' The company then broke bread, and Paul continued speaking until daybreak — and 'they took the boy away alive, and were not a little comforted.'