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Full version of Effy/Effie?

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mummy2b2011 · 27/06/2011 13:16

Hello,

This is my first time on here, despite being nearly 38 weeks pregnant. I have been lurking for quite a while though. DH and I are still deliberating the name for DD1 and really like Effy/Effie. We don't, however, particularly like Euphemia.

Does anyone have any ideas for what her full name could be- we feel that Effy is a little bit like a nn, so wouldn't like to only have Effy as her full name. I really love Felicity- would it be strange to have Effy as a shortened version of Felicity?

Thanks!

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effie995 · 28/12/2016 17:25

My full name is Fiona-Elizabeth but my nickname is Effie because my initials are F E and then my surname. So on everything my name was always written as FE so people started calling me Effie.

mumnosbest · 01/07/2011 19:40

Ethel?

Bumply · 01/07/2011 18:18

My gran was known as effie. Her name was Frances

meravigliosa · 01/07/2011 18:16

I think usually for Euphemia, at least in Scotland. Femie also short for Euphemia. I know an Effie-Jean, not short for anything, but the name she was given.

ifaistos · 29/06/2011 21:12

The effies I know are greek and it's short for Efterpi, Efthymia, Efthalia or Eftychia (meaning hapiness).

WhipMeIndiana · 29/06/2011 21:10

Faye
Faharna

WhipMeIndiana · 29/06/2011 21:08

Faryl

WhipMeIndiana · 29/06/2011 21:08

Felice

WhipMeIndiana · 29/06/2011 21:07

*disclaimer - I invented some of those

DitaVonCheese · 29/06/2011 21:06

I love the name Effie but had exactly the same problem - not fond of Euphemia and thought Effie by itself was a bit nick-namey. I personally reckon that any name starting with F could be shortened to Effie (our DD is known by her first initial a lot of the time, as is my niece and a close friend), but I couldn't find an F name I really loved either (and now having a boy anyway!) :)

WhipMeIndiana · 29/06/2011 21:06

Florice
Ellery

WhipMeIndiana · 29/06/2011 21:04

Florence
Phoebe

WhipMeIndiana · 29/06/2011 21:04

Freya
Feline
Fioree
Flora

WhipMeIndiana · 29/06/2011 21:03

ephelle

Ephreme

Eileen

WhipMeIndiana · 29/06/2011 21:02

Ethelle

elle-Fleur

Fleur

WhipMeIndiana · 29/06/2011 21:01

Ephrina
Eflina
Ethel

RetroMum1 · 29/06/2011 20:59

I know an Effie who's full name is Elfreda, very cute but also cool for a teenager

IvyAndGold · 29/06/2011 00:10

I know a Ffion whose nn is Effie :)

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mummy2b2011 · 28/06/2011 23:37

Thanks! Really helpful... you've mostly confirmed that it isn't really short for Felicity... need to make some decisions- she's due in 2 weeks! How long after she's born do we have to register her birth?

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GirlWithTheMouseyHair · 28/06/2011 21:04

I'm Frances Emily and am known as Effie (FE = Effie)

PipFEH · 28/06/2011 20:24

My friend is Frances and is known as Effie. I think traditionally it is short for Elizabeth, although not positive.

DELHI · 28/06/2011 15:32

Effel? Grin

colditz · 28/06/2011 12:35

I'd have thought Elizabeth would be the obvious one

mejon · 28/06/2011 12:30

DD goes to school with a little girl called Ephelia - never heard it before but it is very pretty.

thursday · 27/06/2011 22:24

i know a Stephanie who goes by Effie. i love the name Josephine and think you could use Effie for that. i have an Evelyn i call Evvy, but dont think i'd stretch to effie