Isadora or Esmé?

[JanuarySunshine88]

Which do you prefer?

Esme :)

Esmé

Esme

Esmé

Isadora

I'm not keen on Isadora or Esmé. Esmé is a boy's name that's now being used for girls and has several pronunciations and spellings. (Ezmy, Ezmay, Esmy, Esmay, Esmae, Esme, Esmé, Esmée...)

Isadora is just another Izzy.

Esme is much nicer IMO.

Isadora by a long way. It’s an unusual name while being familiar, with no spelling or pronunciation issues. Esmé is so popular and and blends with all the other popular girls names at the moment which makes it a bit bland to me.

Esme. The other one reminds me of the theme turn to a programme when I was little, went something like ‘wizardora, we adore her’, also it’s a guarenteed Izzy nick name which I’m not a fan of

I like both so can't choose.

100% Isadora.
Just a beautiful underused classic name.
Esme just doesn’t compare imho

@KirstenBlest

I'm not keen on Isadora or Esmé. Esmé is a boy's name that's now being used for girls and has several pronunciations and spellings. (Ezmy, Ezmay, Esmy, Esmay, Esmae, Esme, Esmé, Esmée...)

Isadora is just another Izzy.

I've never heard it used as a boys name?

Esme

Isadora. I have never heard it before, but it sounds pretty. I know so many children called Esme, and I don’t really like the name at all.

Isadora

@dingledanglewoowoo. it's a French boy's name.

"Esmé began life as a masculine name, as in its original bearer, Esmé Stewart,1st Duke of Lennox, and Esmée, with the same pronunciation, was the feminine form. Today both spellings are used as feminine given names, along with Anglicizations including Esmay and Esmae."

Isadora is nice!
I also like Theadora.
But then I like Dora as a nickname but not sure if that’s acceptable to you because of the obvious Explorer link. None of my DC are shy in the slightest so wouldn’t care about that.

Isadora. So many Esmes around

Isadora

Esmé is unpronounceable for most English speakers!

Lots of Esme’s around at the moment(with various spellings), in case that’s an issue for you. Isadora is a bit of a mouthful, and likely to be shortened to Dora

Isadora Duncan possibly the most famous holder of the name - came to an unfortunate end though

Isadora, by a very long way.

I like them both so personally I'd wait and see which one she suits more.

Isadora, Esme is really lovely but v popular.

Esme