Think we are going with Effie?!?

[namesstress2323]

what are your opinions?

Sorry it makes me think of a bad word!

I like it. I would make it short for Ethel.

It's sweet, what are you thinking of as a middle name?

Esther or Estelle with a nickname of Essie has a very similar feel.

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Sounds like a swear word!!!
Just don't

I like it :)

It's so cute and simple.

I have an effie!! 90% of people ive met seem to love it, the others dont say much which says it all but i couldnt care less what they or anyone else thinks. I personally think its totally cool and not at all cutesie, do it!

hi fives Rex great name!

Its short for euphemia. Very old highland name. I had quite a few old auntie Effie's.

Why the Effing hell not?!!

Taken from the Practical Baby Naming Tips page on mumsnet:

"Let's face it, a five-year-old Effie is sweet, but she might prefer to be Josephine when she's running MI5."

If she's running M15 I think we could conclude that her name was not a hinderance to her.

I'm not sure - I'm old enough to have grown up knowing many older women who were called Effie as a nn for Euphemia (for obvious reasons), so for me it's still an old lady's name, bit like Doris and Ethel iykwim.

I really doubt she'd prefer to be josephine.
Obviously im totally biased but it is a name that pops up (effy from skins, effie trinket in hungar games, neither of which are cutesie) i know of a further 2 in my local area (not fictional characters!) its really not that outrageous and like pp has said, there's probably a great auntie effie somewhere not to distant from you especially if your up north!

Drippy as hell.

Of course it wouldn't prevent her from becoming a high court judge but how might it make her feel? I know a Candy who finds her name a real embarrassment, even though she works in an artistic field. It's on her birth certificate so she's stuck with it in a way she wouldn't be if it were just a nickname.

Elizabeth, Elspeth, Stephanie, Josephine etc are all great suggestions that would give your DD more options.

Exactly. It's not about prevention, but having a name that can be taken seriously. Is it really so bad to give a child a longer name they can use if they wish, but have a cute nn as well?

I know two women of Greek origin called Effie so I always presumed it was a Greek name?

In any case, it's pretty and I never thought it was short for anything when I met the two Effie's I know.

I really like it.

Effie was on my list would have been short for Persephone. Unfortunately I work with an Effie who is very high up in the office and a bit of a bully.