Effie is a feminine given name, sometimes a short form ( hypocorism) of

Euphemia Euphemia ( el, Εὐφημία; "well-spoken f), known as the All-praised in the Eastern Orthodox Church, was a virgin, who was martyred for her faith at Chalcedon in 303 AD. According to tradition, Euphemia was arrested for refusing to offer ...

( Greek: Εὐφημία). Notable people with the name include:

Women

* Effie Bancroft (1840–1921), English actress and theatre manager *

Effie Boggess Effie Lee Boggess (née Narigon; December 27, 1927 – May 18, 2021) was an American politician in the state of Iowa. Boggess was born in Adams County, Iowa. She attended Simpson College and was a farmer. A Republican, she served in the Iowa Hous ...

(1927-2021), American politician * Effie Cardale (1873–1960), New Zealand community and welfare worker *

Effie Cherry The Cherry Sisters – Addie (1859–1942), Effie (1867–1944), Ella (1854–1934), Lizzie (1857–1936), and Jessie Cherry (1871–1903) – were five sisters from Marion, Iowa who formed a notorious vaudeville touring act in the late 19th cen ...

(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 Avis and Effie Hotchkiss, mother and daughter from Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New Yor ...

, 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 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 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 Euphemia "Effie" Newbigging Richardson (née Johnstone, 1849 – 27 December 1928) was a New Zealand landowner and litigant. She was born in Kilmeny, Islay, Kilmeny, Islay, Argyllshire, Scotland in about 1849. She died in Nelson, New Zealand, ...

(1849–1928), New Zealand landowner and litigant * Effie Robinson (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 (1914-1977), American jazz and blues singer and comedian * Effie Anderson Smith (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'' (190 ...

(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 o ...

(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-g ...

(1873–1950), American Major League Baseball pitcher

Fictional characters

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 ...

, 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 Ch ...

* 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 The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' in 2005, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by the soap's executive producer, Keith Richardson. Max King Max King, port ...

, on the British soap opera '' Emmerdale'' *

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), '' Fore ...

, in '' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' 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 Weatherf ...

, 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. Origi ...

'' 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 originated ...

, 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 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 ...

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