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Effie?

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lifeas3plus1 · 20/07/2010 20:31

I heard a little girl called this at the weekend.

I thought it was really cute but is it a name in it's own right or a NN for something else?

Not planning on using it, I'm having a boy. Just thoght it was quite unusual and pretty.

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Colliecross · 26/07/2010 14:20

Oh no EmmaKate! I know a very beautiful 12-year-old Effie.

EmmaKateWH · 24/07/2010 22:04

Avoid if you are planning on travelling to/have any links to South Africa. Effie is afrikans for condom!

GirlWithTheMouseyHair · 23/07/2010 11:22

I'm Effie, it's short for Frances Emily (FE...Effie)

I love both names, use my actual name (Frances) professionally but due to facebook most people end up calling me Effie anyway, I think I need to grow up a bit more before I become Frances again, even though Effie only really began to stick when I went to uni

mopsyflopsy · 22/07/2010 21:58

I know an Effie whose name is Euphemia.

weepootle · 22/07/2010 19:52

Short for Euphemia which I'm not too keen on but like Effie. I know one with Euphemia on bc and one with Effie on bc.

RetroMum1 · 22/07/2010 19:45

I know a Effie and this one is short for Elfreda, I think it's lovely and works really well.

Tuschinski · 22/07/2010 18:26

Eppie in Silas Marner was short from Hephzibah. I love both Eppie and Effie but am not keen on any of the longer versions. Penelope was suggested to be for Eppie and Stephanie for Eppie but both seem a stretch. Also a bit iffey about Effie sounding too much like effin'

joanney · 22/07/2010 15:44

I always thought it was a nickname for Josephine?

5DollarShake · 22/07/2010 15:21

Another one with Victorian scullery maid connotations.

DandyDan · 22/07/2010 15:01

Effie is lovely, but there is Skins Effie to think of. Effie in Skins was an Elizabeth, but generally Effie (or Eppie - as in Silas Marner) comes from Euphemia, meaning Fair Speech.

ReasonableDoubt · 21/07/2010 18:57

Effie is very sweet.

Gleeb · 21/07/2010 18:40

Ooh, Ophelia to Effie is good. Nice work Apphia.

Apphia · 21/07/2010 18:31

I really like Effie.

We're planning on calling our DD Ophelia with Effie as a nickname. Bit of a jump but think we could just about get away with it

Lily311 · 21/07/2010 12:44

My sister in-law is called Eferata- we call her Effie. She is half Nigerian-half Hungarian. Beautiful name.

fedupwithdeployment · 21/07/2010 12:29

My great grandmother (died c1941, so prob born in 1850s) was Euphemia, known as Effie.

I don't like it particularly.

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dixiechick1975 · 21/07/2010 11:46

Eppie short for Hepzibah as an alternative?

Effie is too swear worl like for me - makes me think of the slang phrase effing and jeffing.

Pasiphae · 21/07/2010 11:36

I like Effie, but don't like Euphemia much.
Is Elspeth pushing it a bit?
or Elfrida?

takethatlady · 20/07/2010 21:59

I remember Heartbreak High! Leah from Home and Away was in it

Like Effie, hate Euphemia

MrsJohnDeere · 20/07/2010 21:58

I have a friend called Effie (in her 30s). Hers is a nn for Grace-Stella (still can't really see how she gets Effie from that ).

bigstripeytiger · 20/07/2010 21:09

Ewe-fee-me-a (thats how the one I know prounounces it)

bigstripeytiger · 20/07/2010 21:08

Im pretty sure its usually Euphemia.

stripeyknickersspottysocks · 20/07/2010 21:07

How do you pronounce Euphemia?

stripeyknickersspottysocks · 20/07/2010 21:07

I had a great aunt Effie. I love the name. Not sure what hers was short for, will have to find out.

Bechka · 20/07/2010 21:07

I think it's Euphemia, and was last popular in England in Victorian times. But don't quote me on that!