Esmee or Esmay? WWYD

[Fable]

If you wanted the name pronouced Esmay would you

1. Use Esmee
2. Use Esmee with an accent
3. Use Esmay

I have a fiend with a little girl spelt Esmae and no mistaking that for “may” instead of “me” sound

Esmée is the correct girls spelling. Esmé is masculine.

But many English speakers mispronounce it as Esmee so spelling it Esmae might help?

My cousin is Esmè

That's a very unusual spelling!!

Is it @Pippilangstrumpfie? I thought it was pretty well recognised.

Esme

Although I suppose Esmae isn’t awful. Not keen on your original suggestions and particularly dislike Esmay.

cbeebiesrehab I think it's because the accent on the final e is facing the wrong way. To produce the sound 'ay' as in cafe, the accent needs to be high at the right and low at the left, not the other way round.

In French, an accent facing the other way - a grave accent - produces a longer, duller sound rather like ehhh.
You can listen to the two different sounds here, in a word that has both accents: forvo.com/search/Helene/fr/

I’d say esMAY is just Esme.

How awkward! I won’t tell my cousin! She thinks she’s very cultured

I think OP’s Esme/ée/ay (or whatever name she picked eventually) is about 11 now?

Esmes beautiful x