Esme - correct pronounciation?

[kaymondo]

Is it Es-mee or Es-may?

I always say Es-may but not sure if that's right. Quite like it for a girl but need to make sure I'm sayimg it properly before I mention it to DH!

Ezmay.

All the Esme's round here (SW England) are pronounced Ez-mee. Pretty name

I would assume it was Es-Mee and have no idea what the twighlight connection is???

Ive only met one Esme and she was EsMAY. She has just turned 4. I didnt know it had a twilight connection either.

www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Esme

I would say Ez-mee. I really like it.

Esme (prounounced ez may, name can be with or without accentand may have an extra "e" to indicate feminine) is an antiquated French word meaning "beloved."

Esme is also a short form of Esmeralda or Esmerelda - I guess than you could pronounce it either way. (I prefer ez mee.)

My 7yr old is Esme (pr es-mee), but I'm Scottish and it's considered to be an old Scottish name, but French if it has the accent.

I didn't know that diavlo. Just out of interest, does the Scottish version have a different meaning?

`I know about 5 Esmes. Only 1 pronounces it Esmay, the rest are all Es-mee.

My Esme is an Es-mee pronouciation, as is the other girl in her school and my friend's daughter. Mine is 11 years old and she does have people say it the other way at times. TBH she doesn't mind, so now I tend to correct them once and leave them to get on with it.

We have an Esme and pronounce it Es-mee. Everyone i have ever met of heard of with the name has pronounced it Es-mee aswell, although we do get the odd person calling her Es-may but it doesnt really bother me. I didn't actually think it was french, i thought it was a shortened form of Esmerelda as there are some old ladies with the name and they pronounce it Es-mee aswell. I find some people have never heard of it, whereas others are quite familiar with it..