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What do you think of Esmae?

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gemcgem · 17/03/2010 12:22

What do you think of Esmae as a girl's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.

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Horton · 17/03/2010 21:30

Gem, it may be on the Baby Name Finder, but only because you added it! Nobody else thinks this is a possible spelling of Esme. Don't do it. It's awful.

sassysass · 17/03/2010 21:10

Esmé is a nice name (the next Isla though if that bothers you) but Esmae looks erm chavtastic, creative, illiterate and just horrible!

madwomanintheattic · 17/03/2010 21:03

i couldn't do it. i couldn't go to parent's evenings at school knowing the teacher would have been laughing at me in the staff room all year, but you've obviously got thicker skin lol. it may be a choice, but the world won't know that. they will assume you are thick, and will pity your daughter as a result.

flybynight · 17/03/2010 19:17

My name is a creative spelling of a classic name and it is a real pain. I really wish to god my parents hadn't bothered. Esme is lovely though.

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gemcgem · 17/03/2010 18:45

well i like it so im sticking with it, but thanks for your opions but that of my family an friends come first i'll just try to stop her wondering to far from home in case she gets sticks an stones !! lol!

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StayFrosty · 17/03/2010 18:44

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MamaLazarou · 17/03/2010 16:58

Esmé is lovely - getting much more popular right now.

Esmae is horrible, sorry.

MadamDeathstare · 17/03/2010 16:04

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gemcgem · 17/03/2010 15:59

but its not a spelling mistake its a choice! an hay if we all liked the same things it would be a preety boring place!! i can think of fare worse names!!

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5DollarShake · 17/03/2010 15:15

"spelling mistakes in general make you look a bit dim, so i would avoid esmae. (i am a bitch and it would make me smirk every time i saw it written down. sorry. )"

But it's true - people will just assume the parents didn't have a clue!

Not a good look...

madwomanintheattic · 17/03/2010 15:10

esme lovely.
spelling mistakes in general make you look a bit dim, so i would avoid esmae. (i am a bitch and it would make me smirk every time i saw it written down. sorry. )

PorphyrophillicPixie · 17/03/2010 15:01

Katey: It's amazing how many Bella's, Alice's and Esme's are appearing at the moment!

'Original' spellings are just cruel imho. I know a couple who've called their little'un Ashlei. It just seems silly to me to purposely take the last two letters off and looks incomplete and makes me glad that me and the father didn't stay together

5DollarShake · 17/03/2010 14:58

Please call her Esme and not Esmae!

Katey1010 · 17/03/2010 14:34

The book I was referring to was Weird Sisters NOT Twilight BTW!

Katey1010 · 17/03/2010 14:32

There is an Esme in a book I love. She is strong and determined. I love the name. I'm sorry to repeat what others are saying, Esmae is less great. Although, people change spellings all the time. I am a Kate and get asked how I spell it?!?!?! Everyone wants a C. Thanks Blanchett!

mopsyflopsy · 17/03/2010 13:51

For a girl, I'd use Esmée, as Esmé is a boys' name. Like Renée vs René.

I'd pronounce it Es-me.

I'd pronounce Esmay and Esmae as Es-may, although I don't like that pronounciation as much personally.

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gemcgem · 17/03/2010 13:29

ooohh id forgot there even was a esme in twilight, thats food for thought!

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StayFrosty · 17/03/2010 13:28

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PorphyrophillicPixie · 17/03/2010 13:27

Esmae looks as though you have no idea how to spell, as the others have said. Esme is a lovely name, surely it's becoming popular with the Twilight craze?

allyfe · 17/03/2010 13:20

She would always have to correct the spelling. She would only have to correct the pronunciation very occasionally...

TheSteelFairy2 · 17/03/2010 13:19

Esme was the name I wanted for ds if he was a girl but it was vetoed by ex. It is a beautiful name.

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gemcgem · 17/03/2010 13:16

thats very ture annasophia, would my daughter want to have to correct the pronounciation or spelling !?!?
is it just me or are girls harder to name!?? :S

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annasophia · 17/03/2010 13:13

I would pronounce

Esmée (feminine form of Esmé) = Esm-meh (like Renée,with a long eh sound), although many English people will pronounce it Esmay or Esmee. I prefer the French pronouncation

Esmae = Es-may

So, whilst people may find it unconventional, if you spell it Esmae, there can be no ambiguity over the pronounciation.

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crumpette · 17/03/2010 13:13

I promise!