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Middle name for Effie?

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PleaseStickBaby · 26/11/2018 17:31

We liked Alice until we said it out loud Shock what else goes?

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Bluerussian · 27/11/2018 05:33

Nell is a diminutive of Eleanore/

Icklepup · 27/11/2018 04:54

Effie Juliet
Effie Maria
Effie Violet
Effie Josephine
Effie Hazel
Effie Louise

Cbeebiesrehab · 27/11/2018 04:11

How rude Blue...wonder what you’re children are called.
My daughter is called Effie and we have a family name as a middle name. I agree with it being something classic-I love Effie Jane!

MonsterKidz · 27/11/2018 03:55

Effie Rose is what immediately sprang to mind.

Sophronia · 27/11/2018 03:26

Effie Charlotte

ScoobyGangMember · 26/11/2018 22:48

Nell.

sayanythingelse · 26/11/2018 22:46

Effie is a lovely name. My dad's auntie was called Effie May and I would have loved to have called DD that but unfortunately, it doesn't go with our surname.

Bluerussian · 26/11/2018 21:28

Why on earth would anyone call their child, 'Effie'. It must be short for something, from way back in great grandma's day. Or a diminutive of Ethel, for people who use Fs for THs.

I googled and Effie is a diminutive of Euphemia, a Greek name that means 'well spoken'.

It is also an ironing machine.

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 26/11/2018 20:55

Nell.

Winterwonderland12 · 26/11/2018 20:17

You never ever use your middle name. The surname is much more important. Does it flow well with that?

ernjas · 26/11/2018 19:48

Effie Blake
Effie Grace
Effie Jasmine
?

Love the name Effie too!

junebirthdaygirl · 26/11/2018 19:28

Effie Jane or
Effie Jean

RavenWings · 26/11/2018 19:15

Yeah, it's definitely got to be something longer to balance it and Kate/Catherine are way too similar.

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FawnDrench · 26/11/2018 19:10

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PleaseStickBaby · 26/11/2018 19:08

Thanks for the replies. Yeh I do see the "eff off" association. We're more of a "fuck off" family though Wink I do not know why we both like it, but it's always been THE name, even though it's still very early days.

I can't use Rose as we've already used that as a middle name.

I like Catherine (I'm Katherine Blush) but we've already used Kate as a middle name too. Is that too similar?

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WinkyisbackontheButterBeer · 26/11/2018 18:35

Effie primrose
Effie Matilda
Effie Isabella

I think it needs to be a longer name too.

itsnowthewaitinggame · 26/11/2018 18:27

It's got to be something like Victoria, Catherine classic and longer name

MiniMum97 · 26/11/2018 18:06

Just to warn you...Effie sounds to me like something you might say if you don't want to say "fuck" as in Eff Off. Don't want to be awful and I know this isn't what you asked. Sorry.

OnlyTheDepthVaries · 26/11/2018 17:59

Lump!!
Sorry..
I like pp Effie Rose.

sleepismysuperpower1 · 26/11/2018 17:38

Grace
May/Mae
brooke
rose
blayke
hazel
ruth
Primrose
cora

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