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Eppie

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PreciousPeach · 03/04/2014 16:27

Heard this name today and think it is gorgeous! I think it can be short for Hepzibah...which I don't like!

What do you think? I also like Effie but I don't think it sounds great with our surname as it has an f sound in it!

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8isalotoflegsDavid · 05/04/2014 05:28

I really like it because of Silas Marner but unfortunately these days it has different connotations and she will be teased because of them.

nooka · 05/04/2014 05:25

BobPatSamandIgglePiggle your story is from Silas Marner, and that Eppie was a Hepzibah. A very sweet story, and it's a lovely part of it, but not a good name now I think.

mathanxiety · 05/04/2014 04:30

Eppie 'Trophy' sounds like apostrophe.

Effie always makes me think someone is swearing. I wouldn't use it, but especially with 'Trophy' as the surname -- too rhymey.

If your surname starts with a B maybe Aphra would go? Aoife might be better as it's Irish. I could be guessing wrong here however.

Esther is nice (as suggested)
Harriet (nn Etta or Hattie or Hettie)?

NotAnotherPackedLunchBox · 04/04/2014 20:57

Pen.

Pobblewhohasnotoes · 04/04/2014 20:44

Pen. That was my first thought.

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Sharaluck · 04/04/2014 10:09

I first thought epi pen and epileptic and epic.

Sharaluck · 04/04/2014 10:03

Ai

Sharaluck · 04/04/2014 10:03

Airr

FrankUnderwood · 04/04/2014 10:01

Esther - Ettie

UriGeller · 04/04/2014 09:55

Emma
Edith (with nn 'Edie')
Edina (with nn 'Eddie')

BobPatSamandIgglePiggle · 04/04/2014 08:45

What about emmie?

BobPatSamandIgglePiggle · 04/04/2014 08:44

My mum used to tell us a atorry called 'eppy in the coal hole' so that was my first thought!

About a little girl who got locked in a coal shed. Will ask her if it was short for anything.

florascotia · 04/04/2014 08:39

Was watching free-gift DVD of old film last night - The Millionairess, starring Sophia Loren (oh, the frocks!!!). Her character was called Epifania (Epp-ee-FAH-nya). Any use?

NewtRipley · 04/04/2014 08:16

Elvie - short for Elvira I think 9but you don't have to use that)
Edie - short for Edith - ditto
Sylvie
Bonnie
Cassie

EhricLovesTheBhrothers · 04/04/2014 07:54

Effie for euphemia
Aphra ( is that a girls or boys name?)
Aoife
All ok. Eppie absolutely not.

TheHamster · 04/04/2014 07:43

Pen for me too.

As an aside, I know a kid called Epping.

ChickenMe · 04/04/2014 00:06

Elfie?

Effra Road in Brixton makes me think of Efrafa the evil Warren in Watership Down

TheDoctrineOfSnatch · 03/04/2014 19:11

Sophie?

Ivy
Libby
Hettie

TheBigBumTheory · 03/04/2014 19:08

Penelope has similar sounds?

Or Pippa

SagaNorensLeatherTrousers · 03/04/2014 19:08

Epi-pen here, too, I'm afraid.

rootypig · 03/04/2014 19:06

Another one for 'having an eppy' here. Still shrieked by countless schoolchildren across the country. I really wouldn't.

Ludways · 03/04/2014 19:04

Epi-pen

There's at least one child in every class with one.

RabbitPies · 03/04/2014 19:00

It makes me think of epi pens,but it's better than Effie,which sounds like someone swearing. 'Effing'.

JacqueslePeacock · 03/04/2014 19:00

I like Eppie, too, but as a nickname not a full name I think. Reminds me of Silas Marner.