Felicity/Effie, Caspar/Casper argh help!

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Haven’t found out the sex of our baby but we have finally agreed on a name for each, kind of.

I love Felicity but my OH loves Effie, can we get away with Effie as a possible NN for Felicity?

And WDYT of Caspar/Casper and which spelling? We’re both English and I think the former is more traditional but OH thinks he’d be forever saying “with an A”. For what it’s worth, I have a name where I have to state “with a ...” and it doesn’t bother me in the slightest. (Please leave your friendly ghost comments at the door, the 90s were a long time ago!)

Other suggestions that you think we might like based on these are welcome, we need middle names still. Thank you!

Yes I think you can do Effie as a nn for Felicity. It’s not the most intuitive, but then ours have family nns which are much further removed from their given names.

Caspar is certainly the traditional spelling here, and I much prefer it to Casper.

Does Jasper appeal? Only one spelling of that.

I don't think Effie is a nn for Felicity - but I expect it's coloured by the fact I know 2 Felicitys age 10 and 4, and a 7 year old Effie!

And Caspar, for me.

Hadn’t considered Jasper, I really do quite like it though and it goes well with our DS’ name. One to add to the list, whoops!

Yeah I do feel Effie is probably a bit contrived for Felicity and the normal NN would be Flic but if it’s not too odd and it makes OH agree then I’m all for it!

Glad people agree with the Caspar spelling 😊

The Felicity I know is Fifi, so I think Effie would be fine!

Effie is a bit contrived and I'm not keen. Fliss is much nicer. If you think Felicity is too long, why not choose a shorter name.
Caspar is the correct spelling.

I don’t think Felicity is too long but my OH loves Effie so just seeing if we could feasibly use it as a NN in the future. I like Effie but it doesn’t feel like a complete name to me iyswim.

Will show him that I’m right about Caspar haha thank you

Effie will sound like a swear word.

Felicity is lovely. And Flic for short is too.

Felicity is gorgeous. Effie, imo, is barely a puff, not even a name. Caspar is the more usual spelling I think, but doesn't appeal to me much.

A nickname can be whatever you want. If she's called Felicity, she might choose to be known as Flick or Fliss or Felicity, but when she's tiny, the two of you can call her Effie or Fifi or Sugarpuff Heffalump if you like. And if she likes it, it might even stick.

Other names you might consider for middle names:
Caspar Felix
Caspar James
Caspar Luke
Caspar Paul

Felicity Joan
Felicity Ava
Felicity Anne
Felicity Maud

Hahaha villain I feel the same way about the name Fleur, it's just a weird noise. If it's a girl I think we'll stick to Felicity/Flic and hopefully he'll forget about Effie!

Thank you bridget I love Felicity Joan (aka Sugarpuff) but that might be my absolute love of Sister Monica Joan talking!

Euphemia means "well spoken". Not a very 21st century preoccupation!

Felicity is gorgeous. Effie is not.
Caspar is nice too.

Effie is effing horrid.

My cousin's son is called Caspar, he's about 4 now. It's really suits him! I've loved it since day one

Felicity and Effie are awful.

Like Caspar. He would have to define ‘with an a’ or ‘with an e’ so it makes no odds.

How about Caspian?

Effie makes me think of the character out the Hunger Games. I think it would work as a family baby shortening of Felicity but would be good also to use the full name Felicity outside the home to give her more options for later in life.

Personally I would have guessed Casper to be spelled with an e. So if that's actually wrong if imagine a lot of people may misspell it. My surname always needs clarification and it does annoy me when it's often misspelled

Caspar is the standard English spelling of a well known name from the bible. More people will assume it’s spelt that way than ‘er’ unless you’re in the US.

I know a Felicity who uses the nickname Filly.

Currently pregnant myself and our chosen names are Effie or Jasper!

I like Felicity but thought the usual nn was Fliss but think I got that from Mallory Towers books as a child.

I would spell it Caspar it looks odd with an e

I know a female Kasper, the baby sister of a child at my dgs' nursery. I think the universal response of all the adults, on being told the name, was 'how unusual!'

Middle names for Felicity, I like Jane or Ann. For Effie - Rose or Mae. For Caspar - James or David.

Felicity is lovely. I don't like Effie either.

Caspar is the more traditional spelling, as far as I know, and it's the one I'd choose.

I was waiting for the ‘Effie sounds like a swear word’ nonsense. Similar to ‘Violet sounds like violent’. Only if you’re an idiot.

Effie nn for Felicity sounds great.