Eppie

[AreYouAbleMabel]

Just heard of this name today and really like it! What do you all think....do you know of any?

[curiousgeorgie]

I know it's a real name but it does sound a bit made up, iyswim.

Could you use it as a nickname for something instead?

[MelanieWiggles]

There was an Eppie in George Eliot's book Silas Marner.

[TheReturnOfBridezilla]

I know an Eppie, think it's very pretty.

The only downside is a really horrible phrase I have heard now and then to "throw an eppie" short for epileptic fit but meaning reacting in anger iyswim.

[borisjohnsonshair]

It sounds like a nickname, rather than a proper one. Is it a girl or a boy?

[manicinsomniac]

as in an epi-pen? Is that how you say it?

It's a nice sound I guess. I doesn't sound like a name to me though. Where does it come from? Is it short for anything?

[Felicitywascold]

Never heard of it to be honest. It sounds made up and derogatory to me (although I'm happy to accept I'm wrong. But I don't think I'd be alone in my thoughts).

[Tincletoes]

I think it's short for Hephzibah.

It does also make me think about people "throwing an eppy" although I've since heard that was short for episode rather than epileptic fit.

[TheReturnOfBridezilla]

Really Tincle? That's slightly better - I've obviously just been thinking the worst of those around me!

[KenDoddsDadsDog]

Having an epi is definitely episode.

[AreYouAbleMabel]

It's a nn for Hepzibah, Euphenia or Penelope! But can also be used as a name in its own right. Dermot Gavin the gardener has a dd called Eppie. It's also in the hook Silas Marner but as a nn! I think phrase throwing an eppy must be regional as i have never ever heard it but I'm from Ireland!

[HipHopOpotomus]

I snorted!
Sorry

[CanonFodder]

My first reaction to the title was 'pen' as in the thing you use when you have an allergic reaction. Sorry.

[cheesesarnie]

i love it.

[lottiegarbanzo]

I'm afraid epileptic fit is my first thought. How about Effie?

[Panzee]

It could be short for Eponine too. Very topical with the new Les Mis film coming out.

[youonlysingwhenyourewinning]

My first though was Eponine (Les Mis).

It does sound nicknamey ...and French.

I rather like it ...

[ecuse]

I thought "have an epi" first, and then "epi-pen" immediately after, sorry

[Flojo1979]

I thought of epilator first

[B1ueberryMuffin]

Eppie pen.

[B1ueberryMuffin]

Diarmuid Gavin Areyouablemabel. Dermot is Bannon. Get your gardeners and your architects straight! I'd like Dermot to do my kitchen and Diarmuid to do my garden. I'd be happy then.

[photographerlady]

Aye I thought eppie pen too

[NervousAt20]

My first thought was epileptic fit aswell sorry

It's really not my cup of tea at all

[HolyBrrrrrrBatman]

It makes me think of Silas Marner, that's the only time I've heard it before. I love that book and Eppie is lovely in it. It is short for Hepzibah though, which is awful.

[sashh]

Reminds me of eppipen