Eppie
A pet form of Euphemia, itself from Greek words meaning "well-spoken" or "of good repute"; occasionally used instead as a diminutive of the Hebrew name Hephzibah, "my delight is in her."
Meaning and origin
Eppie is a pet form of Euphemia and, more rarely, of Hephzibah, most familiar today through George Eliot's 1861 novel Silas Marner, in which the weaver Silas raises an abandoned child under that name.
How to pronounce Eppie
| English (US) | EP-ee /ˈɛpi/ |
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