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!

Only ever heard it Ezmay here in the SW

Sw England

probably Ezmay.

But I've heard it pronounced ezmee too and I would go with what they told me their name was.

Ah, the day she thought she was psychic on the horse racing but it was her hearing aids picking up the radio.

I started rewatching it in one of the lockdowns as a therapeutic escape from Things and it is EXACTLY as I remember it.

Ezmay. In Scotland

Ezmay. London but live north west now and it's still ezmay here. Can't imagine it said as esmee

I used to work with a woman called Esme, in Marlow, south Buckinghamshire. This was in the late 70s & early 80s. Everyone pronounced her name Ezmee.

Do you like Thisbe, if you like the two syllables with an ee ending?
I love it.

Scotland - Ehz-may

Ezmay. Next doors cats called it. But we're in the north so could be behind the times.
I do know someone called Estee which they pronounce as S.T. as opposed to estay.

Ezmee, I'm north east

I haven't ever heard Esmee, only ever Esmay, and I'm in the SE.

I think the name grew in popularity a few years ago due to the Twilight films and it was Esmay in that.

I think if you want it to be pronounced Esmee straight off the bat you may have to spell it that way.

I know a few it's always Ezmay with a soft Z, almost like an S but not quite

My daughter is Esme pronounced ezmay :)

I say Ezmee.

I absolutely detest Ezmay.

Usually Ezmay but I cared for a lady (born 1920) who pronounced it Ezmee.

East Midlands.

Ez-me originally from NI

ezmay

I think it sounds like it used to be pronounced Ez-mee mostly in the UK but as the name exploded in popularity due to Twilight it is now more common to pronounce Ez-may.
Neither sounds like the French pronunciation but whichever pronunciation we choose some people will think it is being pronounced 'wrong'.

I don't mind correcting people but I'd rather not correct from Ez-mee to Ez-may because it sounds a bit like Mrs Bucket saying her name is actually Bookay .
Anyway, I still love it (both ways) so we won't take it off the list just yet. I might just go for the name and decide how to pronounce it later.
Daphne is still very much on the list and doesn't have any of these issues!

One other question, I know it's very popular but do you think it's TOO popular? Personally I haven't met one in ages.

Ezmay.
Yorkshire.

Esmee
But if you spell it with an accent, then esmay

I agree that I think the mee pronunciation is more traditional in the UK- older women I know who had this name were mee. But the may ending has taken over- perhaps due to Twilight. I’d go with Daphne. It’s a much stronger and more interesting name.

I'm in the midland.
At school we had an Esme prounoiced Ez-Mee however all I've met are now pronounced Ez-May
I think you could chose how you want it said but she could forever be correcting people.

My daughter is Esmé and it's pronounced May. It's French. A few people call her Me, but only my Grandma and a couple of other older people. I stick the accent on there so no one gets confused. Please don't call her Esmé-Rose though, I hear it all the time on other kids and it sounds so cheap- like Live Love Laugh on your living room wall.
Someone on a bus once asked ne if I had also called my daughter Esmé-Rose like her and I said "no I called her Esmé-Relda." Because her full name is Esmerelda.

As for your question, I'd never ever met one until I named my daughter it, now they're everywhere we go!