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Title: girl name
Post by: cricket2 on Wednesday 25 September 19 14:10 BST (UK)

hi all
please could you tell the girl  name
john

Title: Re: girl name
Post by: horselydown86 on Wednesday 25 September 19 17:29 BST (UK)

I see:  Espie

Title: Re: girl name
Post by: Treetotal on Wednesday 25 September 19 17:58 BST (UK)

Espia/Espio?
Carol

Title: Re: girl name
Post by: oldohiohome on Wednesday 25 September 19 18:00 BST (UK)

I also say "Espie". Do you see that name anywhere else in the family or area. That might make it more definite.

Title: Re: girl name
Post by: cricket2 on Wednesday 25 September 19 18:21 BST (UK)

hello all

I found it in my parents photo box
surname could be Radcliffe have search but no luck yet
could be Lancashire place were born or Wiltshire
many thanks for your help
john

Title: Re: girl name
Post by: arthurk on Wednesday 25 September 19 20:11 BST (UK)

Possibly an informal variant of Elspeth?

Title: Re: girl name
Post by: Colin Cruddace on Wednesday 25 September 19 22:59 BST (UK)

Agree with Espie, but it might be based on initials of S P …..?

Colin

Title: Re: girl name
Post by: suzyvan on Thursday 26 September 19 00:13 BST (UK)

Maybe Essie....the old fashion way of double S.....  ps....Essie ?

Title: Re: girl name
Post by: arthurk on Thursday 26 September 19 10:47 BST (UK)

No - when there was a double 's' involving a long 's', the long 's' came first, which is why it sometimes looked like a 'p'.

In this case there's what looks like a 'p', but there's fairly clearly an 's' before it as well. I don't think we're looking at Esssie - and if there were a long 's', I suspect it would be the first in the group rather than the middle one.

Title: Re: girl name
Post by: Flattybasher9 on Thursday 26 September 19 11:04 BST (UK)

Have you looked at a mispelling/pronunciation of "Elsie".

Malky

Title: Re: girl name
Post by: IgorStrav on Thursday 26 September 19 12:19 BST (UK)

or a careless writing of Elspie for Elspeth?

Title: Re: girl name
Post by: loobylooayr on Thursday 26 September 19 13:57 BST (UK)

Hi,

I read it as - Espie 
Espie is also a surname.

Looby :)

Title: Re: girl name
Post by: cricket2 on Thursday 26 September 19 18:23 BST (UK)

hi all

many thanks for your replys
john