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Effion?

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Zoomer122 · 09/04/2023 13:33

Me and DP are looking at names for DC2. I recently found the boys name Eiffion and instantly fell in love, at first glance I thought the name was ‘eff-ion’ and after a further look thought it was ‘ee-fee-on’ but after a quick search I found out the origin of the name and it’s pronounced ‘avy-on’ or ‘ivy-on’ and i still love it but have fallen in love with ‘eff-ion’ especially with the nickname Effie. Me and DP are not Welsh and DS is named Florian but goes by Ori so we aren’t sure if it will sound right . I don’t want to give him a weird version of a traditional welsh name but at the same time I love eff-ion so much. Would it be weird to name him effion even though it’s not really a name or is there any variants that I’m not aware of.

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MinnieMountain · 10/04/2023 10:44

I’m Welsh living in England. We’ve only given DS a Welsh middle name as I knew that most people would have trouble pronouncing any Welsh names we like.

And you’re proposing making it worse by using a made up one. Poor kid.

user1492757084 · 10/04/2023 10:43

Eifion sounds to me like the water Evian and Effy is for a girl..
The name is also too similar to Florian.
Suggestions ...
Selwyn
Geoffrey
Avery

MrsMitford3 · 10/04/2023 10:21

Effion sound very fluffy and feminine (which is absolutely fine if you want that for a boy but maybe not so easy on the child) and Effie an obvious nickname that I don't think you will be able to keep within the walls of your house. As it happens I love Effie for a girl.

It just seems like you are giving your DS a life time of spelling/pronouncing/explaining a made up name.

OnaBegonia · 10/04/2023 10:05

I also really do like efan but not pronounced like Evan but eff-an again I would probably spell it effan or ephan.
Have you an aversion to spelling names correctly? you sound like an idiot now.

DacwMamYnDwad · 10/04/2023 10:05

FatGirlSwim · 09/04/2023 20:12

I know several Efans, it’s fairly common where I live.

It seems to be more popular than Ifan now. Could it be because Efa is popular?

I know several Ifans but only one Efan, so maybe it's regional.

DacwMamYnDwad · 10/04/2023 10:02

As far as I know Effion isn’t even a listed name, so I’m not mispronouncing it, it’s just like Ffion with a e in front
Ffion is pronounced FEE-on, are you saying that you'd say Effion as Eph-EE-on?
For those saying that Eifion is pronounced Ay-vee-on, it isn't. If it was, the stress would fall on the vee part.
It is definitely 2 syllables.

OnaBegonia · 10/04/2023 10:00

a name sounding slightly feminine.
Because it is a female name, it's short for Euphemia, very widely used for girls, quite common name here in Scotland among over 60s women.

CaffiSaliMali · 10/04/2023 09:58

I misread it as Eifion, which as others have said, is a Welsh name. I know one in his 70s and of one in his teens (family name).

People will mistake Effion for Eifion. Effie is a girls name so I don't think he'll thank you for the nickname, even if intended just for use at home, if it's ever accidentally used out and about it may look like you really wanted a girl.

I'd pair Florian with a name like Tristan.

MaireadMcSweeney · 10/04/2023 09:45

Craftyrose · 10/04/2023 09:42

I know an older man called Effion. He pronounces it Ay-vee-on. An f in Welsh is a v sound. He is not that nice so that would put me off!! I quite like it as a name, but there will be lots of pronunciation and spelling questions!

That name is Eifion not effion

Craftyrose · 10/04/2023 09:42

I know an older man called Effion. He pronounces it Ay-vee-on. An f in Welsh is a v sound. He is not that nice so that would put me off!! I quite like it as a name, but there will be lots of pronunciation and spelling questions!

mrsblueskyeye · 10/04/2023 09:36

AndrexPuppy · 09/04/2023 14:05

I wouldn’t use a name that I didn’t know how to pronounce properly.

This!

EspressoPatronum · 10/04/2023 09:33

What about Efren? A Spanish derivative of Ephraim I think?

welshpolarbear · 10/04/2023 09:29

Efan - is awful too especially is you pronounce it eff an. He'd always get Evan and have to correct I'm afraid.

I know you're saying your not butchering a welsh word, your making it up, but you clearly are as you read a welsh word wrong and decided your wrong way was better 🤷🏼‍♀️

Just give the poor kid a normal name, if it's only for the house you can call him Effie anyway.

FlounderingFruitcake · 10/04/2023 09:29

It’s beyond awful, sorry. You’ve got a made up variant of a welsh name you can’t pronounce, that in itself looks like a hash up of the girl’s name Ffion and f-off and to really stick the boot in you plan to give him a girl’s name a nickname. Don’t do it!

TooOldForThisNonsense · 10/04/2023 09:29

I also don’t know why you’ve asked opinions, as you haven’t taken any of them on board. Which is of course fine, but why bother asking?

GlassBunion · 10/04/2023 09:26

It's going to be a name where everyone will either pronounce it incorrectly or ask how to pronounce it.

Given that you've misspelled it yourself from your thread title to your OP , I'd suggest going back to the drawing board.

TooOldForThisNonsense · 10/04/2023 09:24

I wouldn’t use a made up variant of a Welsh name if you are not Welsh. My first thought when I saw your post title was that it was for a girl (like Ffion). And Effie is plainly a girl’s name, mind you I think Ori is too and you’ve used that.

StillWantingADog · 10/04/2023 09:20

Welsh here. It’s not a name.
Eifion is, but a very old fashioned one.

neveradullmoment99 · 10/04/2023 09:20

suzettenoisette · 09/04/2023 21:16

He will get "effing Effion" all of his life.

What about another soft sounding name if you like those?

Fabian
Elliott
Emmett
Lucian

This 💯

DiscoBeat · 10/04/2023 09:19

At first I read "effing"

Me too! Also it auto corrects to Edison, which would be a bore.

neveradullmoment99 · 10/04/2023 09:18

She was effing (saying the f word) and blinding!
It reminds me of a swear word.
Sorry, it's awful.

rainbowstardrops · 10/04/2023 09:12

I think if you love it and it's not an actual name, Welsh or otherwise, then fine.
I do think it sounds a bit too similar to Florian though and my immediate thought was 'Eff off' Blush
I like a pp suggestion of Ettiene but that doesn't have the 'eff' vibe that you're after.

Phoebo · 10/04/2023 08:41

Effie could work as a nn for Fiona. Or another F name

MaireadMcSweeney · 10/04/2023 08:27

It sounds like Evian or effluent to my ear. Ffion is a girls name and so is Effie. It's also a made up/bastardised non name. I really think you should let this one go. It's really bad.

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Zoomer122 · 10/04/2023 08:01

@ReadersD1gest A family friend has this name (who is welsh) and it constantly gets mispronounced as Stephen which I don’t like.

@mathanxiety not what I am doing at all. As far as I know Effion isn’t even a listed name, so I’m not mispronouncing it, it’s just like Ffion with a e in front

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