What do you think of this name? Honest opinions please!!

[Liliblueberry]

Esca - Celtic meaning: River
We are considering it for either boy or girl i.e as unisex name. Thoughts??

Sounds quite nice! As long as your surname isn't Late. or Go.

Am at a serious hospital appointment and just lol!! . . .

It's a no from me. .

It sounds kind of unfinished to my ears but that may just be because it's unfamiliar.

I would assume it was a girls name just because of the "a" ending though.

Thank you - so lovely to read a first positive response! The name goes rather well with surname too :)

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I like it. You will probably get lots of people mishearing / mistaking it for Esther or Oscar, but if that doesn't bother you, go for it!

Hmm interesting - why would you think no?

Thanks frumble - yes that's also at the back of my mind!

...hmm it's a no from me, as i can't stop myself continuing the word..Esca as in Escalate Escalator.

Also for me it'd be definitely a girls name, not really suitable for boys.

But th word associations I mentioned above would put me off.

and on top of that "Escalate" is such a negative word...

It sounds like a girls name to me and quite pretty. I'm not sure it's suitable for a man.

I like it. I'm sure I read a book set in Roman Britain where that was the name of one of the characters.

I absolutely love it! Knowing an Ezra named boy - the a ending does not mean it is for girls only - for me at least.

Aww thank you everyone for your responses and explaining why you love or are not keen - so helpful to get people's opinions! I know our families probably would prefer a more conservative name... so hard to get unbiased opinions from them!
Weebarra - yes there are a couple of characters from books/series of that time who have the name Esca.
Cheesecake - so nice to read such a positive reaction :)

Rosemary sutcliffe fan?

I love it!

Pharisienne - yes!!! :)))

I like it

Not hard on the ears but the person will have to spell it out all the lives and answer lots of questions about its provenance. Not sure that 'esc' is a great nickname either - actually peers might call him/her escape hatch, escape key etc

I'm thinking no, because of the Rosemary Sutcliffe character. I'd probably like it more otherwise.

I think it's just a lifetime of spelling it so just No from me.

I had a great aunt called Esca. I like it, but it's a girls name!!

I like it for a girl, but not a boy

I know an Esca- a wonderful woman- she told me it was a Latin name from the phrase "angelorum esca" which means something like a dainty morsel or mouthful. So it was "food of angels"
I like the name but maybe just because this particular person I know is such a delight.

I quite like it. Unlike most pp I think it sounds more masculine than feminine but I'd still like it as a name if I met a girl with it

I don't love it tbh. It's not awful but they'll have to spell it out for the rest of their lives and it doesn't sound like a full word.
Ezra for a boy is far preferable to my mind.

I like it. Makes a nice change from Oliver and the Harrison/Jackson surname vibe that's popular at the moment.