Hi Barbara:
I a sorry if this is a repeat e-mail. I hit send on my first one and it
disappeared without confirming by send.
My Second Edition Websters Collegiate (Boy! I blew a date there.) states:
Euphemia [From Greek]
Euphémie = French
Diminutives are: Effie and Phemie
I would guess that there is a good chance that they are the same. ----But--
maybe mom thought the name was cute, maybe it was translated from Greek
verbably/phonetically, maybe the person providing the name couldn't pronounce it
correctly, maybe the person recording it spelled it the way he heard it
(particularly in the States), etc., etc., etc.
Boy! That helps a lot dosn't it?
Gale