Message: "Ephraim" - Behind the Name

Ephraim

by iris (guest)

4/27/2006, 5:25 AM

WDYT? I heard this name the other day and now it's stuck in my head. I'm currently infatuated with it but doubt it has any real staying power as one of my favorites. I've always heard it as two syllables but BtN also lists a three syllable pronunciation. How do you pronounce it and which pronunciation do you prefer?

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- Andie

4/27/2006, 1:03 PM

This is one of my top 3 names and I pronounce it EF-rem. My favorite combo is Ephraim David

Proud Auntie to: Robert Joseph and Brady Lovander, Juliana Mae and Sophia Lee, Graham Joseph, and soon to be two more!

- elmh23

4/27/2006, 11:08 AM

I love it. I've always prn. it EF-ram, which BtN has as a second prn.

~Erin Lee, wife of Matthew James, mama to Sarah Patrice~

- Narinoc (nsi) (guest)

4/27/2006, 10:10 AM

I like Ephraim very much! I like Biblical names that really sound Biblical, like Ephraim, Joachim, Jerusha. I pronounce it as Ef-rah-eem.

- Isla

4/27/2006, 7:50 AM

I have mostly heard it as EF-rem or EF-ram, which is the pronounciation I like best as well. It's currently a favorite, but I like it a little better as a mn (only because I'd get peeved, and I'm sure my son would as well, at people butchering the pronunciation and spelling :-/).

~Heather~

- Elemmennope

4/27/2006, 7:25 AM

It's my best friend's son's name so I hear/use that name almost everyday. We all say EF-rem.

I like it well enough; it's a little overly religious/biblical for my taste, but I like the sound and look of it. Most people find it very peculiar upon hearing it the first time. I've done a lot of defending of that name.

This message was edited 4/27/2006, 7:27 AM

- Adelle (Adelle Sofia)

4/27/2006, 7:20 AM

I prn it Ef-raim, and I like it.

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