Esme pronunciation

[Buddhabowl]

If you don't mind could you tell me how you would pronounce Esme and whereabouts you live? I like Ezmee but DH has only heard Ezmay.
I like both but just want to use a pronunciation that is least likely to be pronounced incorrectly.
I'm in the South East and until recently had only heard Ezmee but I'm getting the impression up north it is always Ezmay.
If it's too contentious I think we might go with Daphne instead!

Ez-May here too.
I haven’t heard Ez-Mee before.

Midlands Ezmay, well that's how my dgds names pronounced

SE Ez-mee. I knew two at uni (they'll be 40 now) and both were Ez-mee. I have only heard of the alternative on MN, and got the impression it was a recent thing caused by Twilight (unless spelling it the French way with an accent. I haven't seen Twilight by the way, so I could be wrong. It's just my thoughts).

Ez may here, Midlands.

I know one and she's always Esmee and I'm South East

It was my understanding that name wasn't French-French, but French via Scotland several centuries ago. Hence the pronunciation having diversified a bit.

I'm in the South east, say it ezmay. I do know an ezmee but it sounds wrong to me as it's a French name.

Ezmay. Londoner living in Yorkshire. Never heard ezmee

Never heard of an Ez-me, always Ez-may. I've lived in both Scotland and east England.

I'd always say Ez-may unless someone told me otherwise or I heard them pronounce it another way. If I was just seeing it written, then Ez-may. I know a few baby Esmés and they're all pronounced that way.

Sewing Bee Esme pronounces it Ez-mee doesn't she? But she has no accent on the second E I think.

SW Esme. But have heard Esmay as well but not as common

I'm up north and it's pronounced ezmay by everyone I know

Ezmee- south east. It was a contender for dd and would have been pronounced like that.

Ezmay. Ireland

Ezmay. South East.

Ez may.

Ez- may. Midlands

Essmee

North of England, there's about 12 in my daughters year so we hear it a lot.

I know an Esme in her 60s who pronounces it Ez mi. That's in Yorkshire. I've also heard ez may but spelled Esmae.

All the Esme's I know pronounce it Ezmay.... I actually know one who even spells it Ezmay :P

Sorry but Es-mee will make you sound illiterate.

I know an Es-me here in Lancs

It's worth the slight inconvenience. So much better than Daphne.

Ezmay - London.

@LaChanticleer

Sorry but Es-mee will make you sound illiterate.

Depends where you live....Esmay would make you sound illiterate where I am

The French would have a slightly shorter vowel sound than if we finished with -may