Nick name for Eleftheria

[gingerfume]

This is a greek name I love but I am not keen on the nick names Ria, Ella, or Ellie. Can you think of any cute nick names?

I lived in Melbourne which has a massive Greek diaspora, I knew a few Effies there.

She will get called elephant at school.

where do you live and what sort of kids attend schools there?!

Terri

I think it's cruel to name a child something that people will struggle to pronounce, spell or can easily ridicule. There are so many other lovely Greek names with beautiful meanings. This isn't one of them and it's setting the poor child up for torment. As well as a lifetime of misspelling.

1/8th Greek 🤦🏼‍♀️

Thea/Theia
Antheia
Clio
Gaia
Phoebe
Artemis
Astraea

The Eleftherios I know is Terry so Terri would work for a girl?

El/Effie

Leftie.

I agree with those who think kids will call her elephant

It really isn't hard to pronounce, surely? I love it. Efi would be an obvious diminutive.

She said she lives in Greece, so presumably pronunciation wont be a problem.

OP, obviously this name wouldn't go down well in the UK, but if you live in Greece and people are familiar with the name over there then go for it! Effie/Thera would be lovely nicknames too.

How do you pronounce it? That might help.

Thera?

@FleursSechees the OP doesn't live in Greece.

@pinklavenders I’m a teacher.

Oh. She said on page 1 she's lived in Greece for a while. Maybe she meant in the past 🤔

Fay

Effie or Elfie

Oh. She said on page 1 she's lived in Greece for a while. Maybe she meant in the past

I hope she comes back to clarify because if she means in the past it's about as relevant as her being 1/8 Greek

I'm 1/8 Irish because I once drank half a Guinness 🤣

Does 1/8th mean one of your great grandparents or one of your grandparents?

It's ghastly. If you love it so much change your own name and find somethiong better for your child.

Elf

1/8 would be great grandparents surely?

Not sure I even know where my great grandparents were from.

Still nobody has enlightened us on how this name is actually pronounced! 😛

If you live in the UK and the child will live in the UK, then I think it's a pretty ridiculous name to saddle your child with based on a very tenuous 1/8th Greek heritage. If you live in Greece then fine.
What does the father think of the name?