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Effie is a feminine given name, sometimes a short form (
hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as '' Izzy'' fo ...
) of Euphemia (
Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
: Εὐφημία). Notable people with the name include:


Women

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Effie Bancroft Marie Effie Wilton, Lady Bancroft (1839–1921) was an English actress and theatre manager. She appeared onstage as Marie Wilton until after her marriage in December 1867 to Squire Bancroft, when she adopted his last name. Bancroft and her husb ...
(1840–1921), English actress and theatre manager * Effie Boggess (1927-2021), American politician *
Effie Cardale Effie Julia Margaret Cardale (20 May 1873 – 19 October 1960) was a New Zealand community and welfare worker. She was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 20 May 1873. She was appointed a Order of the British Empire, Member of the Order of ...
(1873–1960), New Zealand community and welfare worker * Effie Cherry (1869–1944), American performer, part of the Cherry Sisters touring vaudeville act *
Effie Crockett Effie Crockett (4 March 1856 – January 7, 1940), also known as Effie I. Canning, also known as Effie C. Carlton, was an American actress. She is credited with having written and composed the lullaby "Rock-a-bye Baby"; despite the words being in ...
(1857–1940), American actress * Euphemia
Effie Ellsler Euphemia "Effie" Ellsler (September 17, 1855 – October 8, 1942) was an American actress of stage and screen whose career had its beginnings when she was a child and lasted well into the 1930s. She was best remembered over her early career for ...
(1855–1942), American stage and film actress * Euphemia
Effie Germon Mary Euphemia "Effie" Germon (June 13, 1845 – March 6, 1914) was an American stage actress of the late 19th century from Augusta, Georgia, a descendant of the Germons of Baltimore who were an old theatrical family. She excelled as a soubrette. ...
(1845–1914), American stage actress * Euphemia
Effie Gray Euphemia Chalmers Millais, Lady Millais (''née'' Gray; 7 May 1828 – 23 December 1897) was a Scottish artists' model and the wife of Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais. She had previously been married to the art critic John Ruskin ...
(1828–1897), Scottish model, married to John Ruskin and John Everett Millais * Effie Hotchkiss, American pioneering motorcyclist in 1915 * Effie Mae Martin Howard, real name of
Rosie Lee Tompkins Rosie Lee Tompkins (1936–2006) is the art pseudonym of Effie Mae Martin Howard, a widely-acclaimed African-American quiltmaker and fiber artist of Richmond, California. ''The New York Times'' called her "one of the great American artists," and ...
(1936–2006), African-American quiltmaker *
Effie McCollum Jones Effie McCollum Jones (1869-1952) was an American Universalist minister and suffragist. Biography Born in rural Kansas, she attended Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois and received an honorary doctorate from Lombard College's Ryder School of ...
(1869–1952), American Universalist minister and suffragette *
Effie Neal Jones Effie Neal Jones, (November 15, 1919 – April 30, 2002) was an American civil rights activist, food services provider, and counselor for the Four County Head Start Program in Laurinburg, North Carolina. In 1940 Mrs. Jones married Mr. Forest Jone ...
(1919–2002), American civil rights activist *
Effie Mona Mack Effie Mona Mack (1888–1969) was an American historian, educator, and textbook co-author. She is said to be the only person to receive a Doctorate degree in History of Nevada. The Mack Social Science building at the University of Nevada, R ...
(1888–1969), American historian *
Effie Pedaliu Effie G. H. Pedaliu is an international historian, author and Visiting Fellow at LSE IDEAS. She has held posts at LSE, KCL and UWE. She is the author of Britain, Italy and the Origins of the Cold War, (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2003; pbk. edition 2 ...
, British historian *
Effie Louise Power Effie Louise Power (February 12, 1873 – October 8, 1969) was a children's librarian, educator, author, and storyteller. She encouraged children's book production and evaluated children's literature.Children's Library Work Puts Her With Who's Wh ...
(1873–1969), American children's librarian and author * Euphemia
Effie Newbigging Richardson Euphemia "Effie" Newbigging Richardson (née Johnstone, 1849 – 27 December 1928) was a New Zealand landowner and litigant. She was born in Kilmeny, Islay, Argyllshire, Scotland in about 1849. She died in Nelson Nelson may refer to: Art ...
(1849–1928), New Zealand landowner and litigant *
Effie Robinson Effie Robinson (January 7, 1920 – May 23, 2003) was a social worker and public housing director. She was the first African American graduate from the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare. Biography Effie Robinson was born in Healdsburg, Calif ...
(1920-2003), American social worker and public housing director *
Effie Hoffman Rogers Effie Hoffman Rogers (, Hoffman; May 13, 1853/55 – February 7, 1918) was an American educator, editor and journalist. For several terms, she was elected county superintendent of the public schools of Mahaska County, Iowa, the first woman ever ele ...
(1855-1918), American educator *
Effie Adelaide Rowlands Effie Adelaide Maria Henderson (later Rowlands and Albanesi; c.1859 – 16 October 1936) was a British novelist, better known under the pen names Effie Adelaide Rowlands, E. Maria Albanesi and Madame Albanesi. She was the author of more than 2 ...
(1859–1936), usual pen name of Australian-born British novelist Effie Albanesi *
Effie Shannon Effie Shannon (May 13, 1867 – July 24, 1954) was an American stage and silent screen actress. Biography Shannon had a 60-year career as starring performer and later character actress. She began as a child actor appearing with John McCullou ...
(1867–1954), American stage and silent screen actress *
Effie Smith Effie Smith (born Effie Mae Blu or Bly, April 10, 1914 – February 11, 1977) was an American blues and jazz singer and comedian, best known for "Dial That Telephone", a song she first recorded in 1953 which became an R&B hit in 1965. She was ...
(1914-1977), American jazz and blues singer and comedian *
Effie Anderson Smith Effie Anderson Smith (September 29, 1869 – April 21, 1955), also known as Mrs. A.Y. Smith, was an early Arizona impressionist painter of desert landscapes, many of Cochise County and the Grand Canyon. Biography Smith was born in the rural coun ...
(1869–1955), American painter *
Effie Waller Smith Effie Waller Smith (January 6, 1879 – January 2, 1960) was an African-American poet of the early twentieth century. Her published output consisted of three volumes of poetry: ''Songs of the Month'' (1904), ''Rhymes From the Cumberland'' (1904 ...
(1879–1960), African-American poet *
Effie A. Southworth Effie Almira Southworth Spalding (1860–1947), was an American botanist and mycologist, and the first woman plant pathologist hired by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Her most important discovery was the 1887 identification ...
(1860–1947), American botanist and mycologist *
Effie Wilder Effie Leland Wilder (August 28, 1909 – July 19, 2007) was an American homemaker and writer. The first book she wrote was published when she was 85 years old, it was titled ''Out to Pasture''. Personal life She was born on August 28, 1909, in ...
(1909–2007), American novelist


Men

* Elisha
Effie Norton Elisha Strong Norton (August 17, 1873 in Conneaut, Ohio – March 5, 1950 in Aspinwall, Pennsylvania), also nicknamed "Leiter," was a right-handed professional baseball pitcher who played from to for the Washington Senators. He is the great-gra ...
(1873–1950), American Major League Baseball pitcher


Fictional characters

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Effie Clinker Edgar John Bergen (born Edgar John Berggren; February 16, 1903 – September 30, 1978) was an American ventriloquist, actor, comedian, vaudevillian and radio performer, best known for his proficiency in ventriloquism and his characters C ...
, a radio character developed by
Edgar Bergen Edgar John Bergen (born Edgar John Berggren; February 16, 1903 – September 30, 1978) was an American ventriloquist, actor, comedian, vaudevillian and radio performer, best known for his proficiency in ventriloquism and his characters ...
* Effie Deans, in
Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels '' Ivanhoe'', '' Rob Roy ...
's 1818 novel ''
The Heart of Midlothian ''The Heart of Mid-Lothian'' is the seventh of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels. It was originally published in four volumes on 25 July 1818, under the title of '' Tales of My Landlord, 2nd series'', and the author was given as "Jedediah Cle ...
'' * Mrs Euphegenia "Effie" Doubtfire, a disguised character in the 1993 film ''Mrs. Doubtfire'', played by
Robin Williams Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and come ...
* Effie Grant Munro, in the Sherlock Holmes story " The Adventure of the Yellow Face" * Effie Harrison, on the British soap opera ''
Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, ...
'' *
Effie Kaligaris ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' is a series of five bestselling young adult novels by Ann Brashares: ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2001),'' '' The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (2003),'' '' Girls in Pants'' (2005), '' Forev ...
, in ''
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' is a series of five bestselling young adult novels by Ann Brashares: '' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2001),'' ''The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (2003),'' '' Girls in Pants'' (2005), '' Fore ...
'' novels * Effie Perine, Sam Spade's secretary in the novel '' The Maltese Falcon'' and its film adaptations * Effie Rawlinson - character in The Case of the Late Pig; an Albert Campion mystery by Margery Allingham *
Effie Spicer Jenny Sutton Jennifer Louise "Jenny" Tanner (née Sutton) was the first wife of Dennis Tanner. Jenny was raised in a family of nine at a fourth-floor flat near Battersea Power Station. In 1968, the attractive young blonde arrived in Weather ...
, on the British soap opera ''
Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Orig ...
'' from 1968 to 1969 *
Effie Stephanidis Efthimia Francesca Stephanidis, better known as just "Effie", is an outrageous comedic character played by Australian actress Mary Coustas. Coustas depicts a stereotypical second-generation Greek Australian. History Origins The character originate ...
, comedic television character, played by Australian actress Mary Coustas * Effie Trinket, in the book series ''
The Hunger Games ''The Hunger Games'' is a series of young adult dystopian novels written by American author Suzanne Collins. The first three novels are part of a trilogy following teenage protagonist Katniss Everdeen, and the fourth book is a prequel set 6 ...
'' * Effie White, one of the lead characters in the Broadway musical ''
Dreamgirls ''Dreamgirls'' is a Broadway musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen. Based on the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others,G ...
'' * Effie, in the video game ''
Fire Emblem Fates ''Fire Emblem Fates'' is a tactical role-playing video game for the Nintendo 3DS handheld video game console, developed by Intelligent Systems and Nintendo SPD and published by Nintendo. It was released in June 2015 in Japan, then released inter ...
'' * Effie, a non playable character in
Street Fighter III is a fighting video game in Capcom's ''Street Fighter'' series, originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1997. The game's name as it appears on the cabinet is ''Three: A New Generation of Street Fighters''. ''Street Fighter III'' w ...


See also

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Effie M. Morrissey ''Effie M. Morrissey'' (now ''Ernestina-Morrissey'') is a schooner skippered by Robert Bartlett that made many scientific expeditions to the Arctic, sponsored by American museums, the Explorers Club and the National Geographic Society. She also ...
'', a schooner used for arctic research *
Effi (disambiguation) Effi may refer to: * Efraim Effi Birnbaum (born 1954), Israeli basketball coach * Efraim Effi Eitam (born 1952), Israeli politician and retired brigadier-general * Efraim Effi Wizen (born 1956), Israeli computer animator and visual effects special ...
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Effy Stonem Elizabeth "Effy" Stonem is a fictional character in the television series '' Skins'', played by Kaya Scodelario. She appears in all of the first four series, as well as the seventh series, and appears in the most episodes (27). Kaya Scodelario wa ...
, a character on ''Skins'' *
Eftychia Eutychia, phonetically transliterated as Eftychia (; el, ευτυχία) is a Greek female given name, meaning "happiness". It is derived from the Greek words εὖ (good) and τύχη (luck). The diminutive Effie Effie is a feminine given name, ...
, a Greek given name * Euphemia (disambiguation) * Euthemia, a Greek given name {{given name English feminine given names Scottish feminine given names Hypocorisms