Euphemia - pronunciation please

[sueky71]

How do you say Euphemia?

I've got loads of Scottish ancestors and the name is quite common amongst them. I've always pronounced it to myself as Yew-femia, but someone recently mentioned an Aunt Effie, so now I'm thinking is it Eff-emia?

[Gadget]

I've always heard it as You-feem-ya. Euffie and Effie are its pet names.

See

http://www.whatsinaname.net/php/search.php?action=search2&search_name=Euphemia

Gadget

[Koromo]

From another of  those 'names' websites:

EUPHEMIA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Ancient Greek, English

Other Scripts: Ευφημια (Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: yoo-FEM-ee-a (English)
Means "to speak well", derived from Greek ευ "good" and φημι (phemi) "to speak". Saint Euphemia was an early martyr who was burnt at the stake.

However, if you were in a Greek-speaking country it would be pronounced Ev-femia.

Ask Lydart, she should know. 


Koromo

[sueky71]

Thanks to you both.
Great link too - I've bookmarked it 

[cms]

Apparently in Scotland Euphemia is an anglicised way of writing an unpronouncable Gaelic name, spelled something like Eighrig.  It was often shortened to Effie which corresponded more closely to the name said in Gaelic

[DPOWE48]

my grandmother was euphemia and it is u femia .diana

[Gadget]

Apparently in Scotland Euphemia is an anglicised way of writing an unpronouncable Gaelic name, spelled something like Eighrig.  It was often shortened to Effie which corresponded more closely to the name said in Gaelic

According to the site that I linked to earlier, it is Oighrig Not sure of the pronouciation though. Would it be I -rick or E-rick?

Gadget