Edie, Ada or Effie?

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Help I can't decide!!

Ada all day long.
We found that Edie constantly got confused with Eddie when written down. Effie seems like a nickname/abbreviation rather than a proper name.

I would say Ada as well, although it sounds a bit nicknamey to me.

Edie and Effie sound incredibly nicknamey. Effie I believe would be short for Euphemia. Edie I think is generally short for Eden or Edith, although it is a growing trend to be a name in its own right.

I agree there is a lot of confusion with Eddie.

Ada. The other two are nicknames and Ada is a stronger name.

I think they're all really lovely names and 'nickname' names are completely normal - most children at my daughter's nursery have a name MN would consider a nickname! But as they're really not MN faves, I don't know how useful this thread will be for you!

Edie, Effie, Ada would be my ranking!

I love Edie, short for Edith, dh isn't keen so it's been rejected! They are all cute though Effie does seem like a shortened version of another name to me.

Interesting! What are MN faves? (I'm v.new here!!)
I already have an Etta and love that it's not short for anything, just Etta!

I love Edie. Not keen on Ada. Effie is OK. But makes me thing of effing or eff-you, so not quite as stylish as Edie.

I know an Eadie, that spelling might help with Eddie confusion. If my child had been a girl I was going to call her Elfie.

Edie or Ada.
Prefer Edith in full with Edie nn

Effie sounds like an insult from the 80s. Hey, you effie.

of your options

1. Ada


2. Edie

I would forget about Effie, sounds odd and opens her up to lots of nasty nicknames as a teenager.

My favourite is Ada.

They're all nice names

I don't like Effie much, even when it's short for something e.g. Euphemia. I like Edie (when it's short for Edith) Ada is lovely (I like Ida even more)

@Shlaaaablaaadooo The MN faves aren't ones I'd ever use so being polite I would say they are 'classic' names 🙂

Well if your other daughter's name starts with E then I would definitely go for Ada.

I don't like any of them

Edie sounds like it's short for Edith,
Ada is a bit too plain
Effie is awful

Ada reminds me of Ada Lovelace, who was pretty amazing. Effie sounds too close to effing.

In theory I love all three.

Etta and Ada maybe sound too alike though?

I prefer Edith to Edie. What about Phoebe? Has the sound you seem drawn to.

Effie to my ears is an orphaned servant girl in the big house who will succumb to consumption within the year. :)

Ada. I think it's the only proper name and not s shortening.

Ada by a really long way, it's beautiful! Then Edie, if it was short for Eden, which is also lovely!

I love Effie! Also really like Ada. I'm not hugely keen on Edie though.

Ed or Edie sounds like it's short for Edward

I like Ada/Adah

Edie and Effie sound like nicknames to me, but they are fine if the given name is Edith and Euphemia.

MN'ers constant moaning of Nickname names is getting boring now.

Now of those names seem like nicknames to me OP, they have become established names in recent years. I like all of them, but my favourite is probably Effie.

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