I love this old name...

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... Euphemia.

What do you think?

I went to school with a girl whose middle name was Euphemia and she was mortified. I think Effie is lovely so she could shorten it but I'm really not a fan of the full name.

I like it.

Buy it does make me think of Nuns on the Run and Sister Euphemia of the Five Wounds, "Five Wounds for short"

Makes me think of respiratory disease

My Nana was Euphemia, she died when I was little so I don't remember her but by all accounts she was a wonderful, formidable woman.

I'd never heard it but on a walk round a graveyard in Edinburgh I saw that it had clearly been a popular name in Scotland, and indeed she was Scottish.

I like it, but I think today it would be shortened to Effie or similar to modernise it. As Cherry said.

I also agree with Cereal that in full it sounds like a disease, though I feel very disloyal to Nana saying that!

I first saw it on a gravestone from the 1800s in Scotland. It does sound a little like a disease doesn't it...? Hmmm.

I like Effie too.

I don't know if it has much history in England/ Wales. I'm from Devon which may be why I'd never heard it before. Nearer Scotland it may not sound so unusual if you were to use it today.

I'd have to go with disease too

Not keen - it makes me think of a musical instrument called a euphonium.
It is very Victorian consumptive sort of name. Sorry if you love it so - it would be quite a hard name to carry off.

Effie makes me think of effing.....

I know an Effie whose full name is, I think, Euphemia. I quite like it.

It was popular in 18th/19th cent Scotland, but is Ancient Greek in origin. And there was a saint with the name.

As you know, it means 'good speaking'

Effie was the usual Scottish nn, but occasionally also Phemie...

My late beloved granny was a Euphemia. She told her four children that if any of themever named a child after her she'd never speak to them again, until after she was dead when she'd come back to haunt them.

Just sayin'....

Is it a euphemism?

Like it but LOVE the shortening to Effie....in fact I would just use Effir in the birth cert!

Effie not Effir

The euphemia I know's nick name is phemie (pronounced fame-y). She is early 30's.

Is it a euphemism?

^ this, sorry.

Its great. Don't like Effie though. Prefer Phemie as nn.

How about Eugenia? I know one. Known as..Eugenia!

Faye is my favourite nickname for Euphemia. It used to be very popular in Scotland, in the same era as Agnes (aka Nessie or Senga), Chrissie and Jessie.

People are really getting into nun's names. It's frazzling my mind.

Euphemia, Bernadette.......... where will it end, Concepta? Assumpta? Majella?

It's a NO from me.

I taught a Euphemia known as Phemie a few years ago! the only one I have come across in 16 years of teaching...

I used to work with a Euphemia, she called herself Faye

Beautiful name.

Effie.
Fi.
Fifi.

There was a Phamie in my primary school when I was little. I like it.

Not so keen on Euphemia though.