How do you pronounce Esme?

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Seen this name on a lot of baby name sites is it said Es(me) or Es(may) or something completely different?

Ez-may, never heard it pronounced any other way. It's really popular around here at the moment, I've met loads of children with that name in the last few years.

The two I know now are Ez-may (this is South East and East Mids).

Years ago though I knew an Ez-me (she was from Liverpool).

Regional accents may play a part so I don’t assume it’s Ez-may but that’s my default.

Ez-mee every time. I just don't get the 'May' pronunciation.

Ezmay

I had two great aunts with this name (in Australia). Both long dead now and both pronounced Es-May. There was also a well known character on Australian tv in the 80s also pronounced the same way. I’ve never come across Es-me here.

Ezmee is the old pronunciation. My gran’s neighbour was Esme, pronounced Ezmee. The EsMay pronunciation is new.

I’ve only ever known one Esme and she’s now in her 80s, her name is pronounced Ez-me.

I know one of each pronunciation .

Chloe is of Greek origin, not French.

Different people pronounce it differently.

A friend named her daughter Esmee with that spelling to avoid the issue 😀.

Ez- me.

Can't bear it when people say Ez-may.

Esmay as it's a name of French origin.

No, in French Esmé is not pronounced Esmay. It is more like Es-meh. There is no AY sound.