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Ivie or Esmé?

60 replies

storyofus · 07/04/2023 22:55

These spellings.. no alternatives thank you.
What's your favourite please?

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cptartapp · 08/04/2023 08:08

Ivie? Lol, no.
Esme is ok.

PuppyMonkey · 08/04/2023 07:57

Esmie Wink

sunshineandmango · 08/04/2023 07:50

Ivy with traditional spelling, if not Esme

Blip · 08/04/2023 07:17

Yes why the unusual spelling Ivie OP?

FatGirlSwim · 08/04/2023 07:14

Ivy is also lovely. But you said no to changing the spelling. Is there a particular reason for spelling it Ivie?

FatGirlSwim · 08/04/2023 07:13

Esmé.

I would be unsure whether Ivie was Ivy or Evie.

Esmé is lovely.

Strugglingtodomybest · 08/04/2023 07:10

Another vote for Esmé because of the wrong spelling of Ivy.

Whichnumbers · 08/04/2023 07:07

Naming your child after an app for monitoring energy is weird

so I’d pick the other name

YellowGreenBlue · 08/04/2023 07:05

I love Ivy, but would choose Esme over Ivie.

user1492757084 · 08/04/2023 07:03

Esme is an okay name.

JamSandle · 08/04/2023 00:01

Ivie

Barleysugar86 · 08/04/2023 00:00

Both bad sorry OP. Ivy or Esme are great but those spellings are going to haunt your kid, I think they'd really struggle to have to type their name with an accent all the time and I'm sure some official forms would make it impossible. Ivie... just looks like a spelling mistake.

OliviaFlaversham · 07/04/2023 23:56

I’d choose Esmé.

When I read Ivie I thought it would be pronounced Eye - Vye as not seen it before and wouldn’t have thought of it as an alternative spelling of Ivy (which I really like).

Stichintime · 07/04/2023 23:53

What about I'vee or Esmay?

ReadersD1gest · 07/04/2023 23:52

Ivie makes it look like you struggle with basic literacy, rather than yooneek.

Viviennemary · 07/04/2023 23:51

Ivie. It isnt a name AFAIK
Esme its ok but not overkeen. Nobody's going to be able to cope with the accent unless they did French at school. I can't even find it on my keyboard.

Puppyseahorse · 07/04/2023 23:50

If I read Ivie I’d think it was a weird spelling of Evie. Or maybe a typo

So yes, Esmé - as long as you’re pronouncing it Es-may, which is how it’s spelled.

TooOldForThisNonsense · 07/04/2023 23:48

noimaginationforausername · 07/04/2023 23:31

Esme if you're going to spell Ivy like that!

This

Ivie is terrible, sorry

ErikaReadsTheDailyMail · 07/04/2023 23:45

I would assume it was Eye-vie (both to rhyme with sigh) if it was spelled that way, otherwise it woukd be spelled properly.

Please remember you are naming a person not a pet- they will have to spell and explain it over and over through their life.

ReadersD1gest · 07/04/2023 23:42

storyofus · 07/04/2023 22:57

The same as Ivy x

Lovely name, completely ridiculous spelling.

cocksstrideintheevening · 07/04/2023 23:41

Ivy. Why would you make a wanky spelling?

DarkDarkNight · 07/04/2023 23:38

Esme so people won’t roll their eyes at your spelling of Ivy, because they will.

atthebottomofthehill · 07/04/2023 23:32

Well she's written Esmé not Esme so presumably she wants the Es-may pronunciation?

noimaginationforausername · 07/04/2023 23:31

Esme if you're going to spell Ivy like that!

shoopshoopdedoo · 07/04/2023 23:23

Esme