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How would you pronounce Esme?

165 replies

copynpaste · 28/01/2025 19:55

Would you pronounce it Ez-me

Or would you pronounce it Ez-may

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BurntBroccoli · 28/01/2025 21:24

Ez- May like on Sewing Bee

Greyish2025 · 28/01/2025 21:23

Ez-may

Babadookinthewardrobe · 28/01/2025 21:19

Ez-me. Lovely name either way.

FaeFay · 28/01/2025 21:19

I've only ever known Ez-mays

Snowmanscarf · 28/01/2025 21:19

Es - Mee

catisnoisy · 28/01/2025 21:19

Ez may

Sparklehead · 28/01/2025 21:18

I have an Es-mee, but she says lots of the teachers at school call her Es-may so assume that’s the more common pronunciation? At Y11, she has finally got the confidence up to correct them!

Iwantamarshmallowman · 28/01/2025 21:18

Ez-May

Boutonnière · 28/01/2025 21:17

Ez-may. I know an 80 year old, a teenager and a 3 year old with the name pronounced like that, though the teenager gets called Ezzy by her friends

Onlyvisiting · 28/01/2025 21:14

EZ me, I've never even heard of Ez MAY as an option.

But I've never met one in real life, only terry pratchetts Esmerelda Weatherwax so as a short form Ez Me makes more sense to me and also its how the audio books say it!

Only2WeeksToGo · 28/01/2025 21:13

Ez-May. Never heard of it being ez-mee

NoGwenItsABoxingDayTrifle · 28/01/2025 21:12

Ez May

SquigglePigs · 28/01/2025 21:12

Ez-may is my default. Just because the only person I've known with that name says it that way.

If I was actually meeting a person with that name then I'd just ask given there are two valid options.

Alifetimeofdiagnoises · 28/01/2025 21:10

Ez-me

Completelyjo · 28/01/2025 21:09

The pronunciation is 50/50 for each way based on the ones I’ve met.

BabyDoge · 28/01/2025 21:08

Ezmay

Whatabouthow · 28/01/2025 21:08

No accent - Ezmee
Accent - Ezmay

GloriousBlue · 28/01/2025 21:05

Ez May

Debated it for our girl (Esmée), but the different pronunciations and spellings put me off

Rosebeds · 28/01/2025 20:59

My friend is Esme and it’s pronounced Ez-mee.

BusySittingDown · 28/01/2025 20:57

All the ones I've ever known have all been Ez-May so I would pronounce it Ez-May unless told otherwise. In the days that I had only seen it written down I would have pronounced it Ez-mee.

Differentstarts · 28/01/2025 20:55

Ez may

BootballJoy · 28/01/2025 20:53

Only ever heard Ez May.

Moreteaandchocolate · 28/01/2025 20:52

Ez-may

DanceMumTaxi · 28/01/2025 20:50

Ez-may

Montevi · 28/01/2025 20:49

Ez-May

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