Effie

{{wiktionary|Effie}} {{other uses}} '''Effie''' is a feminine given name, sometimes a short form (hypocorism) of Efthymia (Greek: Ευθυμία), Eftychia (Greek: Ευτυχία), or Euphemia (Greek: Ευφημία). Notable people with the name include: {{TOC right}}

==Women== * Effie Bancroft (1840–1921), English actress and theatre manager * Effie Boggess (1927–2021), American politician * Effie Cardale (1873–1960), New Zealand community and welfare worker * Effie Cherry (1869–1944), American performer, part of the Cherry Sisters touring vaudeville act * Effie Crockett (1857–1940), American actress * Euphemia Effie Ellsler (1855–1942), American stage and film actress * Euphemia Effie Germon (1845–1914), American stage actress * Euphemia Effie Gray (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 (1936–2006), African-American quiltmaker * Effie McCollum Jones (1869–1952), American Universalist minister and suffragette * Effie Neal Jones (1919–2002), American civil rights activist * Effie Mona Mack (1888–1969), American historian * Effie Pedaliu, British historian * Effie Louise Power (1873–1969), American children's librarian and author * Euphemia Effie Newbigging Richardson (1849–1928), New Zealand landowner and litigant * Effie Robinson (1920–2003), American social worker and public housing director * Effie Hoffman Rogers (1855–1918), American educator * Effie Adelaide Rowlands (1859–1936), usual pen name of Australian-born British novelist Effie Albanesi * Effie Shannon (1867–1954), American stage and silent screen actress * Effie Smith (1914–1977), American jazz and blues singer and comedian * Effie Anderson Smith (1869–1955), American painter * Effie Waller Smith (1879–1960), African-American poet * Effie A. Southworth (1860–1947), American botanist and mycologist * Effie Wilder (1909–2007), American novelist * Effie, South Korean musician

==Men== * Elisha Effie Norton (1873–1950), American Major League Baseball pitcher

==Fictional characters== * Effie Bowen, a character in ''Indian Summer'' (1886), a novel by William Dean Howells * ''Effi Briest'' (1895), the main character of a German novel by Theodor Fontane adapted as Effi Briest (2009 film) * Effie Clinker, a radio character developed by Edgar Bergen * Effie Deans, in Sir Walter Scott's 1818 novel ''The Heart of Midlothian'' * Mrs Euphegenia "Effie" Doubtfire, a disguised character in the 1993 film ''Mrs. Doubtfire'', played by Robin Williams * Effie Grant Munro, in the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Yellow Face" * Effie Harrison, on the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' * Effie Kaligaris, in ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' novels * Effie (Euphemia) Macinnes / McDonald, a long standing character in ''Take the High Road'', played by Mary Riggans * Effie Newsome / Effie Crabtree, in the Canadian series ''Murdoch Mysteries'', played by Canadian actress Clare McConnell since 2018 * 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, on the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' from 1968 to 1969 * Effie Stephanidis, comedic television character, played by Australian actress Mary Coustas * Effie Trinket, in the book series ''The Hunger Games'' * Effie White, one of the lead characters in the Broadway musical ''Dreamgirls'' * Effie, in the video game ''Fire Emblem Fates'' * Effie, a non playable character in Street Fighter III * Miss Effie, a character from "Patsy Montana — I Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded"

==See also== * ''Effie M. Morrissey'', a schooner used for arctic research * Effi (disambiguation) * Effy Stonem, a character on ''Skins'' * Eftychia, a Greek given name * Euphemia (disambiguation)

Category:English feminine given names Category:Feminine given names Category:Scottish feminine given names Category:Feminine hypocorisms