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Effie name...

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rubyeviecoco · 21/08/2019 23:40

I love the name Effie but is it too similar to my cousins name Etty?? Thoughts all appreciated please

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NottonightJosepheen · 23/08/2019 01:03

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pregnantncnc · 23/08/2019 00:51

It can be used as a nickname for any F name I think (as well as all the other E etc names mentioned). I know a Fiona known as Effie.

Sparklyshoes16 · 23/08/2019 00:10

I know an Effie it's a lovely name shortened from a Greek name Effrancinie go for it...can be a name on its own or shortened.

june2007 · 22/08/2019 23:09

I know an Effie, It's nice name.

Ellmau · 22/08/2019 22:40

What about Elfrida?

AriadneCrete · 22/08/2019 18:51

I know one whose real name is Elizabeth. I wouldn’t use it as a name by itself.

emmyblake · 22/08/2019 18:45

I looooove it.
Use the name you love, you’ll regret it if you don’t.
I knew one in college who was Seraphina nn Effie

Louisasasa · 22/08/2019 18:15

I read the title of your opening post quickly as “effing name”
Me too 😂
I don’t like it sorry OP. It’s too frilly and childish sounding/looking to be a name in its own right. Why not use it as a nickname

Frith2013 · 22/08/2019 17:34

I read the title of your opening post quickly as “effing name”.

Pinkblueberry · 22/08/2019 15:57

Effie is a nice name - it’s originally a nick name like Lizzie or Charlie but I don’t see why that matters. And I don’t think having similar or the same names as family names is an issue.

DennisSkinnersMolotov · 22/08/2019 15:49

Had this pregnancy been a girl he would likely have been Evelyn, known as Effie. Effie is a great name.

Propertyofhood · 22/08/2019 09:57

I don't know about Effie.

Objectively I like it, it's cute and kind of cool (although agree with others that it's absolutely not a name in its own right, it's definitely a nickname for something else).

However, it does kind of remind me of 'eff' as in swearing as in 'effing and jeffing' etc and that puts me off it.

Lol at 'Effie, brace yourself' - love that film!

AnneKipanki · 22/08/2019 09:54
Wink
AnneKipanki · 22/08/2019 09:54

I thought it was for Euphemia too. Her sister , Euthanasia , is dead funny ..

Cbeebiesrehab · 22/08/2019 09:52

My daughter is Effie. She is Evelyn on the birth certificate.
It is similar to your cousins name but I don’t think that’s an issue myself.

Sparklypurpleunicornsaremyfav · 22/08/2019 09:51

I love the name effie, I think you should go for it

Babdoc · 22/08/2019 09:35

Always make me think of “Euphemia and I...” from the lugubrious Rev. I.M.Jolly! (Riki Fulton at Hogmanay)
My hospital used to have a cleaner called Effie in the doctors’ mess. Euphemia, always shortened to Effie, was quite a common name for babies in Scotland two or three generations ago. I think of it as an old ladies name.

FishCanFly · 22/08/2019 09:30

Effie Trinket from Hunger Games?

missmouse101 · 22/08/2019 08:05

I think it's terrible. Sounds as if you are saying effing or F.E.

Barbarafromblackpool · 22/08/2019 08:03

My Effie is a pet name for Elizabeth.

SockMachine · 22/08/2019 08:01

Effie is lovely, as a name in its own right, and I wouldn’t worry about a cousin in a different generation to your baby having a slightly similar name.

AlpacaGoodnight · 22/08/2019 07:58

Love it and don't think your cousins name matters. I disagree about needing a long version. So many children hate having to write their formal name on exam papers if it's a name parents thought they should give to use a 'nickname' and I don't personally know any who have gone on to use the longer one in their jobs although I would be interested to see stats on this!

Holidaysmoliday · 22/08/2019 07:51

It is a name in its own right and I love it

GiveMeGin · 22/08/2019 07:49

Sorry posted that by mistake. I like it, it is quite similar though, perhaps like others have said you could use it as a nickname for a longer name.

GiveMeGin · 22/08/2019 07:45

Yes