Whirly is a class of plant specific transcription factors that can bind to single-stranded DNA molecules and play a wide and complex role in both nucleus and organelles. In order to explore the functional and evolutionary relationships of Whirly genes in eggplant， we applied the bioinformatics approach to identify Whirly genes， including the phylogenetic relationships， gene structure， conservative motifs and cis-acting elements in promoters. Their transcriptional profiles were also analyzed in different tissues， or under treatments of exogenous hormone， low temperature and pathogen infection. The results showed that the Whirly gene family of eggplant contained two members， named SmWHY1 and SmWHY2， which were closely related to the Whirly genes in tomato. Both SmWHY1 and SmWHY2 expressed in different tissues， and the transcripts of SmWHY1 in leaves were higher than that of SmWHY2 in other tissues. The induction at two genes was detected under treatments （abscisic acid， methyl jasmonate， salicylic acid， low temperture and pathogen）， whereas the responses were variable in gene and/or by treatments. In G114， a Phytophthora capsici resistant germplasm， two genes showed relatively high expression. Collectively， these results indicated that SmWHY1 and SmWHY2 may play an important role in the regulation of growth， development， and response to stress.