Given name
Eppie
“my delight is in her (i.e. a new-born daughter)”·“she is my delight”·“one who speaks well”
Eppie is an affectionate short form with more than one naming context.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Eppie is a diminutive of Hephzibah. Interpretations include “my delight is in her (i.e. a new-born daughter)” and “she is my delight” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions. In English use, Eppie is an affectionate form of Euphemia. One Greek interpretation is “one who speaks well.” Eppie is a variant of Eppy. One Greek interpretation is “one who is lively.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Eppie is a diminutive of Hephzibah. An origin associated with Hephzibah is Hebrew. In English use, Eppie is an affectionate form of Euphemia. An origin associated with Euphemia is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English use, Eppie is used as an affectionate form of Euphemia.
The story
Eppie was used as a familiar form of Euphemia in Victorian times. In George Eliot’s Silas Marner, however, the adopted child’s name shortens Hephzibah—a useful reminder that the same nickname can have different roots.
Eppie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 289
- 44 boys · 245 girls
- Most popular year
- 1938
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1970. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 269 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eppie’s family of names
In English usage, Eppie is a diminutive of Euphemia. Eppie has a related form in Eppy. Eppie is an affectionate form of Euphemia.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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