Esme or Paige ? Help me choose

[Husky12]

Which name do you prefer?
Ant red flags or reasons not to pick

Esme I've never been a fan of Paige.

Esme

Esme

Wane

Sorry autocorrect changed Esme to Wane!!

Esme. Paige is awful IMO

Esme a million times over. Paige is awful.

Esme. Paige is : Outdated American and sounds like part of a book.

Teacher here. Every Esme I've taught has been lovely. But every Paige.... not so much. Therefore - my personal preference is for Esme or Esmé.

Esme

Both nice. Esme is a bit more popular than Paige nowadays I would say. I couldn’t choose one over the other but Esme Paige/Paige Esme is nice together.

Esme. For the reasons given above.

@percheron67

Esme. Paige is : Outdated American and sounds like part of a book.

This. Esme is lovely.

Thanks so much all seems resounding !

Saw it in lights in A&E once as Esmae and quite liked the spelling!
I was going to use Paige over 25 years ago but had boys! Bit dated imo.

I have an Esme - (in secondary school now). We could not settle on a name, then my other half suggested it a week before she was born. I liked that it wasn't unheard of, but not super popular either!

Paige is a little dated now.
Esme is just lovely imo.
You should also consider Wane

The Wane comments have me giggling ! 😂

Esme it is beautiful x

Esme

50-50 for me. In terms of name popularity Esme is currently 46th and Paige is 206th.
I prefer the meaning of Esme but something about the sound of Esme... i can't put my finger on it... maybe the z sound. I hear SMA too.

I prefer Paige

I’m not keen on either, but I’d go for Esme if pushed.

I've also currently got a lovely Esme at secondary school too so that gets my vote.

Not Esmae though, shudder.

I like Esme