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Baby name help - Juliette or Esme/Esmée??

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Snuffleupagus2021 · 14/01/2021 18:35

Hi ladies,

Some help please - after a crap time with IVF I'm very happy to be expecting a daughter in late April/early May. First child and stuck between the two names above.

We've been calling her Esme/Esmée but really love Juliette as well. The issue the Esme/Esmée thing is that technically Esme is a boy's name in French and if you want to feminise it, Esmée is correct. My husband is a French speaker and is open to Esme because it's simpler, easier and probably less pretentious... but he also shudders a little as it is incorrect. We definitely want it pronouced Ez-may rather than Es-mee.

Middle name would be Madeleine which is a family name.

Appreciate any thoughts - not asking any family or friends for obvious reasons Wink

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IndieRo · 14/01/2021 18:45

Juliette. Beautiful name.

Liskee · 14/01/2021 18:43

Juliette. Love it!

SmeleanorSmellstrop · 14/01/2021 18:41

Juliette for sure!!!

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 14/01/2021 18:38

Juliette

pantherrose · 14/01/2021 18:37

Juliette!

SecondHandChandelier · 14/01/2021 18:37

Both gorgeous. But there were over 1k Esmes last year, and only a few dozen Juliettes. That would decide me for Juliette.

Sarcobaleno · 14/01/2021 18:37

Big congratulations! I love Esme! And it goes beautifully with Madeleine

HarrietPotterska · 14/01/2021 18:36

Juliette, times a million!

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