Full version of Effy/Effie?

[mummy2b2011]

Hello,

This is my first time on here, despite being nearly 38 weeks pregnant. I have been lurking for quite a while though. DH and I are still deliberating the name for DD1 and really like Effy/Effie. We don't, however, particularly like Euphemia.

Does anyone have any ideas for what her full name could be- we feel that Effy is a little bit like a nn, so wouldn't like to only have Effy as her full name. I really love Felicity- would it be strange to have Effy as a shortened version of Felicity?

Thanks!

I know an Effie who's full name is Elfreda, very cute but also cool for a teenager

Ephrina
Eflina
Ethel

Ethelle

elle-Fleur

Fleur

ephelle

Ephreme

Eileen

Freya
Feline
Fioree
Flora

Florence
Phoebe

Florice
Ellery

I love the name Effie but had exactly the same problem - not fond of Euphemia and thought Effie by itself was a bit nick-namey. I personally reckon that any name starting with F could be shortened to Effie (our DD is known by her first initial a lot of the time, as is my niece and a close friend), but I couldn't find an F name I really loved either (and now having a boy anyway!) :)

*disclaimer - I invented some of those

Felice

Faryl

Faye
Faharna

The effies I know are greek and it's short for Efterpi, Efthymia, Efthalia or Eftychia (meaning hapiness).

I think usually for Euphemia, at least in Scotland. Femie also short for Euphemia. I know an Effie-Jean, not short for anything, but the name she was given.

My gran was known as effie. Her name was Frances

Ethel?

My full name is Fiona-Elizabeth but my nickname is Effie because my initials are F E and then my surname. So on everything my name was always written as FE so people started calling me Effie.