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[anapology.livejournal.com]

Ez-mee/Ez-may

I've seen it Esme, Esmé, Esmee, Esmée.. which do you prefer and how would you pronounce them?

I know the accent makes an 'ay' sound, so Es-may would be Esmé.. i'm assuming?
I know an Esmé who uses the pronunctiation Ez-mee.. so did her parents just get her name wrong?

What's your favourite -lia name?

Amelia
Aurelia
Cordelia
Delia
Julia
Lia
Malia
Natalia
Ophelia
Thalia

Anymore i've forgotten?

Comments

[sugar-socks.livejournal.com]

Natalia and Thalia are beautiful. Amelia and Ophelia aren't bad.

[mahalia-baby.livejournal.com]

My name, Mahalia. Hahaa. :)

Esmé is darling of course, prn. Ez-mee. And I love Esmée prn. Ez-may.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

But doesnt the é make an -ay sound?

I always get conflicting views on this! I was going for the Esmé/Ez-mee pronunciation. But then I read the Amélie post and got all confuzzled again!

[mahalia-baby.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's one way or the other! I get confused too. ;) But I'm sure the extra e makes the name sound different.

[lneef.livejournal.com]

You're right. The e with the accent (I really should learn to type it) makes the ay sound.

[lneef.livejournal.com]

Esme (with accent) and Esmee (with accent) are pronounced the same way, Ez-may.

Ez-mee isn't a way you'd pronounce a name in French.

[mahalia-baby.livejournal.com]

Thanks for clearing that up. :D

[xanya.livejournal.com]

I would pronounce all of them ez-may except Esmee, which I would pronounce ez-mee. My favourite is Esme. Ha, and yeah, I think her parents did just name her wrong, but who knows?

Hmmm... I like Aurelia, Cordelia and Julia the best but wouldn't use any of them because they're too much like my name (Amelia).

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Esmée is the spelling I prefer for a girl. Esmé would be the male version, though I personally don't care for it as a boy name.

Esmee and Esme are the Americanized accentless versions, as is the ez-mee pronunciation. Using ez-mee with Esmé/e, I belive, is just wrong.

I also have Cecilia and Talia (if you consider that different than Thalia) on my list.

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

I think Ophelia is beautiful. I'm also partial to Cecelia but that isn't listed.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I don't particularly like the name, but I'd go with Esme' with the accent over the one e.

My favorite lia name is Amelia; I like Lia, but I'd use it as a nickname for Amelia, I think.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

i like Esmé prn. es-may.

Amelia
Delia
Lia
Natalia
Ophelia

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

es-may. I like it Esme. I wouldn't add the accent just because I know it won't show up on most things anyway, so we might as well not bother with it. If I lived in a country that used accents regularly on words, I'd keep it.

I like Delia and Amelia from your list there.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I'm from England, it's rarely used here on anyone, but I have it down as one of the pretty old fashioned names that's deserving of another lease of life.
Think Lillian, Grace, Evelyn.

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

I only like the name pronounced Es-May, so I pronounce them all like that, hahah!
I like Ophelia and Thalia.

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

LOVE Aurelia!

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Ez-may for me. I think Ez-mee sounds fake.

Out of the -lia names,

Amelia
Ofelia
Natalia
Adelia

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Ophelia, Julia, and Cordelia...Natalia isn't bad.

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

Natalia from that list, but my favourite is Sophia, which you haven't mentioned.
There's also Olivia and Lydia, but I'm not that fond of them.

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

Just noticed you said "-lia" names, not "-ia" names. Oh, well.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

thats because i was looking for names that ended in -LIA NO not just --IA.

[samaside.livejournal.com]

Corellia.

Esmé, 'es-may' is a nice name.

[http://users.livejournal.com/____tonightt/]

I like
Amelia
Julia
Leah spelt like that
Ophelia

[farawaysong.livejournal.com]

I love:
Amelia
Cordelia
Julia

[satunian.livejournal.com]

I love Aurelia, Cordelia, Julia, Delia and Thalia

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I pronounce all Esmee variations like Esmay. All of them! ;)

My favourite -ia name is actually spelled Leah =P
But Julia is pretty too, as is Cecilia, Elia & Noelia.

[omfg----hxc.livejournal.com]

Julia and Delia

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

I like Amelia best out of those

[littlehounddog.livejournal.com]

I have a pet rat named Esme, pronounced Ez-May.

[minga13.livejournal.com]

I'd pronounce all of 'em ez-may, probably coz I've taught a kid called Jesame which is similar with the 'ay' sound

Lia is pretty.

My favourite -lia name is Rozalia (row-zah-lia)