Pronunciation of Esme?

[dietcoketime69]

Would you say Es - mee or Es - may?

Anyone with an Esme? Do you have to constantly correct people?

I had a friend, she was Ez Mee.
My dd knows one, she is Ez May.

Personally, I prefer Ez Mee.

Until the last few years, I'd only ever heard it pronounced ez-mee, but now the ez-may spelling seems to be more common around here. I've taught children with these spellings: Esme, Ezmae, Esmae and Esmee (with an accent). In fact, I once had two in the same class, one was ez-mee and one was ez-may.

I would definitely say Ez-May

Only ever met es-mees

Ez-may

Never heard of Ez-mee

Es-may and much prefer this, dont like Ez-me

See, I love Esmeee but loath Ez-mai which is party why I want to call DD2 Esmeralda to give her options. I think Ez-mai sounds dreadful, sorry I'm getting some grief on my thread for Esmeralda though!