The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
Shortened version of “Ephraim“.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Efraim, Efrain, Efrayim, Efrem, Ephraim, Evron, Jevrem, Yefrem, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Eph (Ephraim) Merridew, Sibyl’s brother, a headstrong young man allied with the Rebel troops,  in “Sibyl’s Slipper”, a story of the American Revolutionary War, from Nora Perry’s A Flock of Girls and Boys (1895).

Tagged: 1770s, 1890s, E, English, Hebrew

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  August 29, 2014 at 11:08 am

  […] War, from Nora Perry’s A Flock of Girls and Boys (1895). – Ephraim Merridew (called “Eph“), Sibyl’s brother, a headstrong young man allied with the Rebel troops,  in […]

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