Straw Poll - How would you pronounce the name Esme?

[SweetEm]

My dd is called Esme (we don't bother with the acute accent). I pronounce it "Ez-me" but she is always getting "Ez-may". I know both ways are valid pronunciations. Just wondered whether I was in the minority/majority.

Ez-mee

Ezmay but we are in Essex!

Ez-may

I don't recollect hearing anyone use a different pronunciation

ez-mee

if you put the accent on, surely it is esmeh?

or ezmay i suppose?

Yeah I'd say it the same way, Ez-me.

Ez-meh

I always thought it was Ez-may

I've always heard it as Ez-may myself

Ez-mee

I wouldn't say the -me as mee but rather as meh (as if there was an accent acute on it)

I knew someone called Esme and she pronounced it Ez-Mee but it sounded more like Ez-Mi

I would say Ez-mee.

my friend's dd is Esme and it's pronounced Es-Mee

I would say Ez-may

Ez-meh, probably.

Ez-mee

Es mee

went to school with one down south

the one I know up north is an Esmay

so may be regional

I'd say Ez May.

Ez-mee - unless it had an accent acute and then I would pronounce it Ez-may

Ezz-may

Ez May

Ezz-may

Ezmay

no no no, it's Es-mee !!!!