it is for a female. I didn't think of it being a male name. For the time frame it's probably Euphemia, if not the full name. Thanks, Mona On 14/07/2014 9:24 PM, quebec-research@rootsweb.com wrote: > Hello Fran, > > You don't say whether this is a male or a female. Effie, for a female is > usually the straight line diminutive for Ephigenie and Euphemia (as in > Effie Gray). But diminutive are not always straight forward, are they ? > The less usual names it can be used for are Stephanie, Francis, > Francesca, and a few Greek (Elephtheria, comes to mind...) or Italian > names... > > Cheers, > > Mona > > On 14-07-14 5:33 PM, Fran LaChance wrote: >> Hi all >> >> Can someone give me suggestions of what names Effie might be a derivative? Boogles my >> mind and I can think of nothing that sounds right. >> >> Thanks a bunch >> >> Fran L >> >> >> >> --- >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. >> http://www.avast.com >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For the list web page, goto: >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm >> And we are on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/QRlist/ >> List Archives are at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/QUEBEC-RESEARCH >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUEBEC-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For the list web page, goto: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm > And we are on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/QRlist/ > List Archives are at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/QUEBEC-RESEARCH > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUEBEC-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com