Effie

[Madlyash]

What do you think of this name? Surname is one syllable, common surname. 36 weeks pregnant and this is currently our top contender-what image does this name bring to mind thank you!! (P.S other name on the list was Edie but feel it’s a bit too popular at the moment)

Effie is lovely - but I do think of it as a nn personally. It's also been rising in popularity, on the back of Evie etc - though not as much as Edie. While it's traditionally a nn for dated Euphemia, I've also heard it used for lots of pretty longer versions - Josephine, Stephanie, Persephone, Ophelia etc (basically any name with an "eph/eff" sound).

Strong skins connotation but that won't matter in a few years when it will be forgotten. Younger generations won't know it. I love the name but would choose a longer form to give her more choice

It just makes me think of f off.

It's what the school kids used to call a condom, so it's a no from me.

Love Effie! It can be a nn for Josephine

Effi Briest (basically a German version of Madame Bovary). Not a happy association. And much too insubstantial as a 'proper' name.

Not for me. I can imagine having to repeat it a few times when someone asks what her name is.

I don’t like it, prefer Edie

Thank you all for your honest feedback.

It’s my daughter’s name-she suits it down to the ground. She is Evelyn on her BC but we much preferred Effie over the more common diminutive, Evie.

Effing Hell…

Sorry OP - too close to swearing for me

I've come across an Efi before, pronounced the same way! Think it's short for Eftihia, a Greek name. She's only ever called Efi and I like it!

Reminds me of "effing", as in the euphamism for "fucking"

It was the name of lots of older women when I was growing up (short for Euphemia, so you can imagine why it was shortened), so I still have that image in my head. I think it will be one of those names which has a brief rise in popularity (a bit like Ruby a few years back) and then will date again.

I love it but I instantly think of skins. But as others have said that will only be a certain generation !

Awful.

Awful. It's half a name, like Alfie.

Euphemia is ok

But Effie sounds like effing

Effie Gray.

John Ruskin, and later John Everett Millais, wife.

DD (3) currently goes by a nickname that’s very similar to Effie. But it’s short for another more ‘grown up’, more substantial name, so she has the option of adopting that later on if she chooses. I don’t think I’d consider using Effie on its own, as it’s quite cutesy for an adult, plus like several pps it does make me think of ‘effing’.

Very Victorian (Effie Gray). Quite like it.

Only Effie I have ever met was short for Euphemia.

Love the idea of it but would never use it, it's a bit insubstantial aside from the effin' thing.

DD6 has an Effie in her class. Have never made any association between the name and a swear word! Or FE or condoms (?!). I don’t know if she has a longer name (her sibling also has quite an unusual name so I’m guessing not) but she’s very sweet and it suits her. She’s a real adventurer.

I know an Effie, its short for Persephone.