Esme
Meaning of Esme
Esme is a little four-letter firecracker, born from old French roots that whisper “loved” and “esteemed,” and first carried north by a dashing Scottish noble centuries ago. Today she dances across playgrounds from Mumbai to Minneapolis, her EZ-may lilt landing light as a monsoon raindrop on a tin roof. Literary buffs hear her in Salinger’s tender “For Esmé—with Love and Squalor,” pop-culture fans spot her in Twilight, and new parents see her racing up the U.S. charts faster than a Bollywood drumbeat. Short, sweet, and fragrant as fresh cardamom chai, Esme wraps a whole lot of love into a name that promises a lifetime of warm hugs and big dreams—no extra syllables required.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as EZ-may (/ˈɛz.meɪ/)
French
- Pronunced as ez-MAY (/ɛz.me/)
U.S. Popularity Chart
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Notable People Named Esme
| Esme Melville was an Australian stage and screen actress who won the 2003 Tropfest Best Female Actor for Forbidden and earned a 2007 AFI Best Supporting Actress nomination for Romulus, My Father. |
| Esme Timbery - Esme Russell was a Bidjigal Australian artist and shellworker whose contemporary twist on traditional shellwork is held in art museum collections across Australia. |
| Esme Melbro Grant was a pioneering Jamaican politician and one of the first women elected to Jamaica's Parliament. |
| Esmé Patterson - Esme Patterson is an American gold selling recording artist from Denver now based in Nashville, a founding former member of the indie folk band Paper Bird with four solo albums. |
| Esmé Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith - Esme Howard was a leading British diplomat and US ambassador from 1924 to 1930 who helped shape British foreign policy in the early 1900s. |
| Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox - Esme Stewart, a French born Scottish noble who became the favorite of the young King James VI, later returned to France amid Scottish mistrust and helped popularize the name Esme in the British Isles. |
| Esmé Creed-Miles is an English actress best known for starring in the Amazon series Hanna and the Paramount Plus drama The Doll Factory, with film roles in Pond Life and Silver Haze. |
| Esmé Bianco - Esme Augusta Bianco is an English actress and neo burlesque performer best known for playing Ros on Game of Thrones and Jane Chatwin on The Magicians. |
| Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond - Esme Stuart, 2nd Duke of Richmond and 5th Duke of Lennox, was the son and heir of James Stewart and Mary Villiers, daughter of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham. |
