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Has anyone heard/know of...

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FatimaLovesBread · 30/05/2012 19:40

Elfie?

I heard it a few years ago as a customer of a company I worked for had named their child Elfie.

Is it too different? From googling I think variants are Elva and Elvie?

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MarySA · 30/05/2012 22:03

Elfie??? Just plain daft. Sorry.

UnnamedFemaleProtagonist · 30/05/2012 22:03

I love it, actually.

GnocchiNineDoors · 30/05/2012 22:00

Elfie is a NN of Elfaba.

Ross Noble's DD is called Elfie.
I like it Grin

ShowOfHands · 30/05/2012 21:59

I know an Elfijn...

CoteDAzur · 30/05/2012 21:57

Elif is a girl's name, by the way. It would never be a boy's name.

I would like to know which baby name website thegreylady is getting her information from so we never ever use it.

Puffykins · 30/05/2012 21:56

I know an Elfgaard - it could be a shortening of that?

CoteDAzur · 30/05/2012 21:56

Yes, Elif is a name. It is the Turkish version of the Arabic name Aleph, which is basically how they call their letter "A", first letter of the alphabet.

evamummy · 30/05/2012 21:55

Sounds like a little elf. OK as a nickname but not as a proper name imo.

ellangirl · 30/05/2012 21:53

I know a Turkish 'elif', could that be it?

CoteDAzur · 30/05/2012 21:52

Elfi is NOT a Turkish name!

thegreylady · 30/05/2012 21:49

Elfi is a Turkish name for a boy or girl
Elfrida is a lovely old name which could have Elfie as nn

ellangirl · 30/05/2012 21:46

Ross noble's daughter is called elfie. I like it, but wouldn't call my daughter it as she would most likely be somewhat less than elfin in stature!

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FatimaLovesBread · 30/05/2012 20:25

I think people might think it was just a mispronunciation of Alfie or short for Elfreda.
Hmmm

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ellesabe · 30/05/2012 19:51

I would assume it was a boy's name as it sounds so similar to Alfie...

YouFloatLikeAFeather · 30/05/2012 19:49

Not sure about Elfie sorry but I do like Effie which I think is short for Euphemia.

QueenEdith · 30/05/2012 19:47

I know two, both Elfrieda in full. One would be a very old lady now, if still alive, the other 50ish.

GlaikitFizzog · 30/05/2012 19:42

Short for elphaba? I think it's cute fwtw.

CoteDAzur · 30/05/2012 19:41

Surely not as a name. It sounds fine as a nickname.