How do you pronounce Esme ?

[littlepooch]

I've seen this name a few times recently but not sure how it's pronounced ? It's so pretty written down!

Is it Ez-May
Or Ez-Me

Or something else?

I'd pronounce it Ez May, unsure if that's right though.

I would pronounce it Ez-may. Very pretty

Ez-may

My Esmerelda was going to be known as Ez-Me. But DH named her Essy (Ezee) as a bump and it stuck.

I’d say Ez-mee

Unless told otherwise I'd pronounce it EZ-me. I like that pronunciation better than EZ-may.

Either way is fine.

There have been many threads in the past. Often arguing about whether it's French or whether it should have an accent.

Both pronunciations are common. Pick the one you prefer.

I know two. One is Ez-mee and one is Ez-may. Same spelling and no accents on either

A friend has just called her baby Esme and I didn't want to pronounce it wrong. I guess maybe I should just ask her.

Either way it's a lovely name to me!

I know two, one spells her name Esme (pronounced Ez-mee) and the other is Esmae (pronounced Ez-may).

I only know one and she's ez-me.

Ez-me

The only one I know is 19 and an Esme

Esmé would be Esmay from the old French esmer. Esme would be Esmee.

Sorry! I’m an eejit. Ez-mee

I've heard it pronounced both ways.
I once saw it spelt Esmay. Saves a lot of confusion about the pronounciation, I suppose

Es-mee. Lovely name.

Es-me

Ez-me. It's on our shortlist for a girl!

I like the Ez-me pronunciation but both ways are popular and that put
me off choosing the name.

It's neither Es-mee nor Es-may, but Es-mé

Ez-may.
Ez-me just sounds wrong.

I'd say Ez-me if there isn't an accent over the E, Ez-may if there is. However I know a little girl whose name is spelt Esmee (no accent) and her mum pronounces it Ez-may - it seems counter-intuitive to me, but I go along with their chosen pronunciation because it's her name, not mine!

I'd say ez-may. I do think it's a lovely name either way.

Ez-mee