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Effie

Effie means “life” (Latin origin). 6,889 US babies since 1940, peak 1940.

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What it means

“life”

LatinSpelling of Evie

In US birth records

Peak year: 1940

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6,889 US babies were named Effie between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Effie (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

1 in 4 Evies spell it Effie

  • Evie 64%
  • Effie 25%
  • Evy 5%
  • Evey 3%
  • Evi 2%
  • Evvie 1%
  • Eevie 1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1940)