girl name

[cricket2]

hi all
please could you tell the girl  name
john

[horselydown86]

I see:  Espie

[Treetotal]

Espia/Espio?
Carol

[oldohiohome]

I also say "Espie". Do you see that name anywhere else in the family or area. That might make it more definite.

[cricket2]

hello all

I found it in my parents photo box
surname could be Radcliffe have search but no luck yet
could be Lancashire place were born or Wiltshire
many thanks for your help
john

[arthurk]

Possibly an informal variant of Elspeth?

[Colin Cruddace]

Agree with Espie, but it might be based on initials of S P …..?

Colin

[suzyvan]

Maybe Essie....the old fashion way of double S.....  ps....Essie ?

[arthurk]

No - when there was a double 's' involving a long 's', the long 's' came first, which is why it sometimes looked like a 'p'.

In this case there's what looks like a 'p', but there's fairly clearly an 's' before it as well. I don't think we're looking at Esssie - and if there were a long 's', I suspect it would be the first in the group rather than the middle one.