what is effie short for?

[trixiechick]

saw it on another thread it's lovely. Anyone know what its short for?

MIL called effie is scottish gaelic name in own right

Don't pair Effie with the middle name Nell...

I've only ever seen it spelled Iphigenia.

DH wanted to call DD1 that, but I put my foot down.

Effie is lovely, and AFAIK short for Euphemiam, although I really like the sound of Efthalia. Where does that come from Lulumama?

Effluent ?

You're all wrong - it's short for Josephine

Ephemeral

(or Josephine)

My lovely girl is called Ephra which we shorten to Effie (but it’s written ephie) 💕

Effie is short for a Greek name isn’t? Or it may be a solo Greek name I don’t know. I have only known one Euphemia a girl aged four so too young for niCk names it for her it seemed.

In Greek it can be used for any girls names starting Ev/Ef/Eu

My friend gave birth to an Effie recently, short for Esther.