Amy or Esme?

[bananamom]

Similar sounding names but which is better (IYO)

I am 25 and I wont tell you what my name is. but I have always loved my name. It is neither dated nor trendy. Although I don't know any Amy's of a young age. I love Esme also and read in a baby name book that it is Anglo-Saxton for Amy.

Definitely Esme (pronounced Esmee). I have one and she loves her name.

Amy because it is more timeless

Esme is much nicer.

Don't really see why Amy is particularly more timeless - surely it has only been in vogue since the sixties/seventies, whereas Esme is a bit more old-person chic. I have never met an Amy in her seventies/eighties (maybe that is just me!)

I do have concerns that Esme is faddy. Amy is more timeless maybe but Esme sounds a bit fresher (but this will fade I guess as it becomes more popular).

There have been several Amys in the care homes my grandmothers have both lived in. It does seem to have skipped a generation and I don't think there are many between the ages of 50 and 70 at the moment, but ditto Esme (and most classic names), surely?

Definitely Amy, Esme is becoming rapidly tired.