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Effie

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abbie7 · 05/09/2018 16:29

Opinions on the name Effie (girl)?

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SoyDora · 12/09/2018 10:13

There’s an Effie in my DD’s class at school. I can’t make my mind up tbh. On the one hand it’s a fairly sweet name for a little girl. On the other, something just sounds a bit ‘not quite right’ about it. My bum is firmly on the fence.

BirthdayKake · 12/09/2018 10:08

I will be using it if I have a girl in May.

Jenniferturkington · 11/09/2018 19:44

I just think Effie Offie

Cbeebiesrehab · 11/09/2018 19:42

You have great taste @real WinkGrin

Maidsrus · 11/09/2018 19:32

I like it but it makes me think of Mrs doubtfire

iklboo · 11/09/2018 19:29

I worked with a lady called Effie. She used to tell people her middle name was Nell Grin

Realowlette · 11/09/2018 19:26

Love it! We have an Evelyn known as Effie. She is clever, strong and funny... great name!x

PassportBridgetPants · 11/09/2018 19:25

I know an Effie IRL and when I first met her she followed her name with 'And no, it's not short for anything so don't ask!' So can confirm that happens :) Sweet as a nn though.

Cosmoa · 11/09/2018 19:05

I prefer the name of the actress who played Effie on skins! (Kaya)

Lucy1103 · 11/09/2018 18:36

I love it- also heard it in skins and probably love it because Effy seemed extremely cool to me at the time, granted very messed up. However, not sure about it as a full name and think a more ‘complete’ name would be better, with Effie as a nn. Elizabeth is always a fantastic name

HPLikecraft · 11/09/2018 14:21

Name of the baby in Silas Marner nn for Euphenia

No it wasn't. The baby was Eppie, short for Hephzibah.

pumpkinyael · 11/09/2018 10:40

Josephine nn Effie is lovely imo :)

Effie would also work as a nn for names like Frances Eliza (or Francesca Elizabeth, Fenella Elspeth, Federica Esther etc ...).

Or maybe Ethel nn Effie? Stephanie, Persephone, Seraphina nn Effie?

Goostacean · 11/09/2018 02:04

Agree with pps, sounds like a nickname and I also read it as “effing” in the thread title. So... it’s a no from me, unless used as a nn for a more “formal” name.

Ngaio2 · 10/09/2018 23:25

Name of the baby in Silas Marner nn for Euphenia.
I think of it as a maid’s name, I’m afraid.
Too obviously a nn as well. People will forever be asking what it’s short for

Kizzybeau · 10/09/2018 18:05

Once taught a little ‘sephi’ short for Persephone but thought it was lovely as a stand alone name as she is never called the full name. Seffie would be an alternative spelling similar to Effie?

RoseMartha · 08/09/2018 07:00

I like it

teacherspets · 08/09/2018 06:55

It's awful.

Sessy19 · 08/09/2018 06:36

@dramaalpaca...I’m surprised at almost everything you said. But since we’re clearly on different pages, metaphorically that is (to save any confusion, dear sweet alpaca), we’ll agree to disagree.

Fifthtimelucky · 07/09/2018 22:54

I have known of an Effie whose real name was Effield.

DramaAlpaca · 07/09/2018 21:59

Sessy19 I am perfectly relaxed thank you, it's Friday and I have Wine. I also know what 'phonically similar' means. Which is why I'm puzzled at the suggestion that Aoife (EE-fah) sounds like Effie (EFF-ie) because it just doesn't.

HPLikecraft · 07/09/2018 13:46

Sounds really ugly, old fashioned, sweary and nicknamey.

Sorry.

Bibstersgirl · 07/09/2018 13:22

If my son had been a girl he’d have been Elfie which I’ve only ever heard in my ex’s home country.

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 07/09/2018 13:19

It's terrible. Effin hell, Eff off plus even without those connections it's just a group of letters that make an unpleasant sound.

Don't do it.

Sessy19 · 07/09/2018 12:43

An absolutely beautiful girl I was at school with, who was both academically awesome and the sweetest and friendliest girl was Effie, nn for Eleanor. It absolutely suited her. It’s sweet.

It does, phonically, sound similar to Aoife (@DramaAlpaca- that’s phonically similar, so sounds similar, not meaning or origination! Jeez, relax!) if you wanted to use a full name.

FlipperSocks · 07/09/2018 11:41

I like it.

Effie in skins was short for Elizabeth if I remember correctly.

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