Esmae or Savannah?

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Which do you prefer?

I would have said Savannah if you asked this the other week. However, DH and I were watching a show and there was a character named Savannah. I said to my h what a lovely name, soft sounding and easy to say, conjures soft/sweet thoughts snd he said, “yeah, good pole dancer/stripper name”. Interesting conversation after that! But he spoiled that name for me and I’ll think pole dancer/stripper

My little girl is Esmé pronounced like your spelling

I know a girl called Savannah and her full name is never used that just call her Sav which is a shame because it’s such a beautiful name

My little girl is Esmé pronounced like your spelling

See I would pronounce Esmé as Es-mé (long eh). There's no ay sound imo.

The op wants Esmae/Esmay, I think.

É (acute accent) in French is pronounced more or less ay, so this is correct.

No é is not actually pronounced like ay in French. It is pronounced somewhere between “e” in “bet” and “ee” in “see”

@Violetlavenders

No é is not actually pronounced like ay in French. It is pronounced somewhere between “e” in “bet” and “ee” in “see”

That’s not right. It’s much closer to an ay or eh sound.

I'm saying that é is NOT pronounced as ay.

Esmé is not Esmay in French

@Violetlavenders nope. É (acute) is ay or as good as. You’re thinking of the grave accent è (eh) .

@Violetlavenders

I'm saying that é is NOT pronounced as ay.

Esmé is not Esmay in French

But it is pronounced as ey/eh, more or less.

I have an Esme (pronounced Ez-May), I quite like the way you want to spell it!

There's something about the look of 'esme' that I dislike.

Esmé (male) and Esmée (female) are pronounced with a -may sound at the end, more or less. Esme in English could be -mee or -may (parental preference).

É (acute) is ay or as good as. You’re thinking of the grave accent è (eh) .

No, é is definitely not pronounced ay in French. It may be how English speakers pronounce it!

And no, I'm not thinking of è!

Savannah

Gofor Savannah op, I think this thread has proved that although pretty, Esme can be a controversial name 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I know of a Savannah who is nn Savvy, which I think is fabulous x

Esme

@Violetlavenders we’ll have to agree to disagree on this. Regardless then, English speakers are what we’re dealing with in this instance. I can understand OP wanting a spelling where there is zero ambiguity, but I think the spelling itself will bring other problems as it’s non-standard.

Savannah is nicer anyway