Effi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EF-ee
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Effi is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “well-spoken”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Effi mean?
Greek: spelling of Effie; pet form of Euphemia
“well-spoken”
A pet form of Euphemia, long used in Scotland.
Meaning borrowed from Effie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Effi a girl's or a boy's name?
Effi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Effi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Effi, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2016, with 5 girls.
In 2025, 297 girls in the UK were given Effi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #202, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Effi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
Names like Effi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayla, Ayah, Remi, Ayra, Margot, Safa, Raya, Cleo, Thea, Elsie, Maya, Esme
Other spellings of Effi
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Effi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/effi, updated 20 October 2026.