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Just heard of this name today and really like it! What do you all think....do you know of any?

I know it's a real name but it does sound a bit made up, iyswim.

Could you use it as a nickname for something instead?

There was an Eppie in George Eliot's book Silas Marner.

I know an Eppie, think it's very pretty.

The only downside is a really horrible phrase I have heard now and then to "throw an eppie" short for epileptic fit but meaning reacting in anger iyswim.

It sounds like a nickname, rather than a proper one. Is it a girl or a boy?

as in an epi-pen? Is that how you say it?

It's a nice sound I guess. I doesn't sound like a name to me though. Where does it come from? Is it short for anything?

Never heard of it to be honest. It sounds made up and derogatory to me (although I'm happy to accept I'm wrong. But I don't think I'd be alone in my thoughts).

I think it's short for Hephzibah.

It does also make me think about people "throwing an eppy" although I've since heard that was short for episode rather than epileptic fit.

Really Tincle? That's slightly better - I've obviously just been thinking the worst of those around me!

Having an epi is definitely episode.

It's a nn for Hepzibah, Euphenia or Penelope! But can also be used as a name in its own right. Dermot Gavin the gardener has a dd called Eppie. It's also in the hook Silas Marner but as a nn! I think phrase throwing an eppy must be regional as i have never ever heard it but I'm from Ireland!

I snorted!
Sorry

My first reaction to the title was 'pen' as in the thing you use when you have an allergic reaction. Sorry.

I also thought of 'having an epi'. Sorry.

i love it.

I'm afraid epileptic fit is my first thought. How about Effie?

It could be short for Eponine too. Very topical with the new Les Mis film coming out.

My first though was Eponine (Les Mis).

It does sound nicknamey ...and French.

I rather like it ...

I thought "have an epi" first, and then "epi-pen" immediately after, sorry

I thought of epilator first

Eppie pen.

Diarmuid Gavin Areyouablemabel. Dermot is Bannon. Get your gardeners and your architects straight! I'd like Dermot to do my kitchen and Diarmuid to do my garden. I'd be happy then.

Aye I thought eppie pen too

My first thought was epileptic fit aswell sorry

It's really not my cup of tea at all

It makes me think of Silas Marner, that's the only time I've heard it before. I love that book and Eppie is lovely in it. It is short for Hepzibah though, which is awful.