Thanks for the response. :]
My hope is that people will think that it is just Stephie shortened, and hence won't give me much trouble about it where it came from. Because out loud it sounds like Stephie minus the "st" sound.
Yeah, I'm probably going to commonly called by three names for a while.
Stephanie or
Stevie by my family,
Stevie by my old friends,
Stevie and/or
Effie by my internet friends and
Effie by my new ones. xD Though generally everyone should know that my full name is
Stephanie so it shouldn't cause much confusion. (Especially when it comes to Facebook. Right now I'm just very grateful for the Alternate name option as they can easily find me by either name as long as they know my last name. xD)
And thanks, I think I'll make the switch. :]