View Message

[Facts] The name Zeffie
It was my great-grandmothers given name. She was from the Virginia/West Virginia mountain area. Thanks for any help.
vote up1vote down

Replies

I was at school with a girl called Zephne - pronounced like Daphne but with a Ze instead of a Da. But where she got it from I don't know. If anyone's got a clue, I'd be interested.As foryour question, it might be useful to think of possible German names - the single S in German is pronounced like the English Z (and the German Z like a TS), so people who didn't know German and heard a Z sound might quite innocently give it an English Z spelling when they wrote it down and confuse the rest of us decades later. Something like Josephine, perhaps?
vote up1vote down
Anita--Perhaps Zeffie is a nickname or shortened version for the names Zephania or another feminization for Zephaniah. All three of these names turn up in records from the South regarding people born in the mid to late 1800's. It could also be a nn or version of the name Zephrine, especially if you have a French background.
vote up1vote down
Note: The name Zephrine on this site is spelled (and a more correct spelling it is) Zephyrine.
vote up1vote down
I dont know Im not very fond of Z names it sounds like something U would name your dog.
vote up1vote down
agreede
vote up1vote down
unless...unless it's Zsa Zsa, which i would never use but anyway...
vote up1vote down