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Effion?

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Zoomer122 · 09/04/2023 13:33

Me and DP are looking at names for DC2. I recently found the boys name Eiffion and instantly fell in love, at first glance I thought the name was ‘eff-ion’ and after a further look thought it was ‘ee-fee-on’ but after a quick search I found out the origin of the name and it’s pronounced ‘avy-on’ or ‘ivy-on’ and i still love it but have fallen in love with ‘eff-ion’ especially with the nickname Effie. Me and DP are not Welsh and DS is named Florian but goes by Ori so we aren’t sure if it will sound right . I don’t want to give him a weird version of a traditional welsh name but at the same time I love eff-ion so much. Would it be weird to name him effion even though it’s not really a name or is there any variants that I’m not aware of.

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DacwMamYnDwad · 10/04/2023 10:02

As far as I know Effion isn’t even a listed name, so I’m not mispronouncing it, it’s just like Ffion with a e in front
Ffion is pronounced FEE-on, are you saying that you'd say Effion as Eph-EE-on?
For those saying that Eifion is pronounced Ay-vee-on, it isn't. If it was, the stress would fall on the vee part.
It is definitely 2 syllables.

DacwMamYnDwad · 10/04/2023 10:05

FatGirlSwim · 09/04/2023 20:12

I know several Efans, it’s fairly common where I live.

It seems to be more popular than Ifan now. Could it be because Efa is popular?

I know several Ifans but only one Efan, so maybe it's regional.

OnaBegonia · 10/04/2023 10:05

I also really do like efan but not pronounced like Evan but eff-an again I would probably spell it effan or ephan.
Have you an aversion to spelling names correctly? you sound like an idiot now.

MrsMitford3 · 10/04/2023 10:21

Effion sound very fluffy and feminine (which is absolutely fine if you want that for a boy but maybe not so easy on the child) and Effie an obvious nickname that I don't think you will be able to keep within the walls of your house. As it happens I love Effie for a girl.

It just seems like you are giving your DS a life time of spelling/pronouncing/explaining a made up name.

user1492757084 · 10/04/2023 10:43

Eifion sounds to me like the water Evian and Effy is for a girl..
The name is also too similar to Florian.
Suggestions ...
Selwyn
Geoffrey
Avery

MinnieMountain · 10/04/2023 10:44

I’m Welsh living in England. We’ve only given DS a Welsh middle name as I knew that most people would have trouble pronouncing any Welsh names we like.

And you’re proposing making it worse by using a made up one. Poor kid.

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