Pronunciation of Esme

[Halfpastfreckle]

We had pretty much decided on this name if this baby (currently 32 weeks) is a girl. I think of it as es-may. However at the park yesterday I heard one little boy call out to his sister Es-mee. Don’t like this at all and frankly it is putting me off. Is this a common pronunciation of the name??

I am not keen on Esmay
I thought it was Esmee

personal choice I supose

I've only ever heard it pronounced Esmee. It's my niece's name and I have a friend with a daughter named Esme too.

I cringe at the Esmee pn,too. It's horrible.
However to save any confusion.
There's nothing stopping you spelling it Esmay

I would pronounce it Ez May.

I would say Es-mee unless otherwise informed. I know the Esmay pronounciation and don’t like it, but know it’s common. It needs an accent on the second e to make that sound though, Esmé.

Ez may

How they pronounce it in the Twilight films

Awwlookatmybabyspider surely what should be stopping her is correct spelling?

I would always ask because I think both are equally common. I agree it should be Esmé to be pronounced Esmae though.

My phone won’t let me type it but I had planned to put an accent over the last “e” which MIGHT make people realise the right way to say it but I doubt it. I already have a Louis and any time somebody calls him “Lewis” my blood pressure rises a little bit so if I’m going to get es-mee I might have to go back to the drawing board

This is the exact reason we didn't name dd2 esme. I like es-may but most people seem to say es-mee and I couldn't be doing with correcting everyone.

Es-may sounds contrived to me and a bit affected.

I like either pronunciation. The same happens with Evelyn it’s either Ev-Lyn or Eve-Lyn, I usually check with parent and pronounce it how they say.

I've only ever heard it pronounced Ezmee but would pronounce it Ezmay if I saw an accent over the final e.

Ez-may

Can be either. I would naturally say Es-may but I had a friend called Esme who used to get very cross if anyone called her that and insisted on Es-mee.

Es me in the UK I am afraid, only heard es may in the US.

I would say esmay but I have heard esmee more often. I think you would constantly be having to clarify, even with the accent above the e.

I've heard ez may more often. That's how I'd say it. It might be regional ie depending on where you live.

I would say Es May. Esmee seems weird to me. Is it from Twilight or something?

Ezmay

I had literally never heard of anybody say es-mee until the little boy in the park and now I’m really thrown by it esp people who say Es-may is “contrived”. A quick google on how to pronounce it says es-may but also throws up several previous name board threads on this topic all equally divided!!! I’m in turmoil now as the name thing is driving me mad. Can’t find a boys name at all and thought as least the girls name was sorted aaaagggghhhhh!!!

I've never heard it as esmee. Esmay is how everyone I know would pronounce it

Esmè= Esmay to me

Es May but that is my accent.

I know 3 people called Esmé (one is a teenager, one is late twenties, the other in her forties). They all pronounce their name Esmee.