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Nicknames for Esme please

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upsidedown1987 · 28/09/2020 01:26

Help with nick names for Esme please. Get creative!

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yolio · 29/09/2020 17:48

When you find a nickname you like, why not call the child that name?

Sorry I don't mean to offend, but so much time is spent trying to find a suitable name, then next off the bat is "what will the nickname be?"

I love the name Esme and I doubt I would shorten it at all. Classic name if a little old fashioned, but that's ok, it will become fashionable in time.

RosieJess91 · 29/09/2020 17:43

My cousin Esme is usually known as Esems or Essie. 😊

1Morewineplease · 29/09/2020 17:16

Isn't Esme short for Esmeralda anyway?
Why would you want a nickname for a nickname?

Grufallosfriends · 28/09/2020 22:36

Why name her Esmé if you're already looking for another name? Nicknames evolve naturally, if at all.

I like Esmeralda.

LittleEsme · 28/09/2020 21:57

Sorry - Sir Terry fan here:
Esmerelda
Esmerelda Weatherwax

Hardly a shortening but a cracking nickname.

Garcellesaidwhaaat · 28/09/2020 21:43

Dismay

Kanaloa · 28/09/2020 21:30

All the Esmes I know are just called Esme. Could you give her a ‘J’ middle name and call her E.J? That’s all I can think of.

user1493494961 · 28/09/2020 21:21

Why would you choose a short name like Esme and then call her something else.

Lemonylemony · 28/09/2020 21:05

I have an Esme cat, she gets called Ez.

DuckonaBike · 28/09/2020 21:04

Nicknames just happen. And they don’t necessarily have anything to do with the actual name.

Also this is making me think of the Blackadder episode with the woman called Kate, which was short for Bob. Apologies to everyone too young to know what I’m talking about!

JulesCobb · 28/09/2020 21:01

Ezzie
Mimi

musicinspring1 · 28/09/2020 21:00

My Esme gets called Ez and Ezzie but I mainly nickname her Esmerelda which I don’t think is what you’re looking for Grin

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 28/09/2020 20:59

Nicknames evolve naturally; that's the point - I have a friend whose nickname is, oddly, Tits - she's called Bronwen and Bron means breast in Welsh. No parent would have chosen that, but she (and we) love it

daisypond · 28/09/2020 20:57

How are you pronouncing Esme?
If it’s like Ez-may you could turn the syllables around and call her Maisie.

TheChristmasPrincess · 28/09/2020 20:53

I wouldn't think Esme would need a nickname but I would say Essie, Emmy or May.

copperoliver · 28/09/2020 20:52

Mae Mae. X

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upsidedown1987 · 28/09/2020 12:12

@NaughtToThreeSadOnions thank you for this!
People have seemed to get very irritated with the question! I understand that natural nicknames come along with time and look forward to that. I also am aware that it's a short name. I just love variation on names and was wondering if anyone could come up with anymore. The only ones I could think of were Ez and Ezzie

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DrMadelineMaxwell · 28/09/2020 12:11

I know 2.
One gets Ez.
One gets Mimi.

ErrolTheDragon · 28/09/2020 12:09

I had a colleague with a DD Emily whose NN was bobby - I thought for quite a while he had 2 kids.Grin

midsomermurderess · 28/09/2020 12:06

It's so short it scarcely needs one. If she has one it will likely emerge in its own time.

RainbowRaine · 28/09/2020 09:00

Ez

myhobbyisouting · 28/09/2020 08:24

Oh I hate it when people shorten their kids names to an initial.

You don't need a nickname, bizarre that you'd decide this before naming your child. Nicknames are meant to be affectionate habitual things not pre-planned Confused

DontFadeAway · 28/09/2020 07:52

The two Esme's I know just get "Es"

mumsiedarlingrevolta · 28/09/2020 07:46

I also think Mimi-very sweet

8catsisnotunreasonable · 28/09/2020 07:41

Maybe let a nickname develop over time OP? I have a Pickle and a Puss, neither of which are in any way related to DC's names, they just evolved and stuck...🤣