[identity profile] songspell.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames
I've seen the name "Esme" on a couple of people's lists, and many others have proclaimed mad passionate love for this name... But I can't seem to figure out how it is pronounced.

Enlighten me?

[EDIT]: Thanks for all the responses! I don't think it's going to make my name list, but at least I'll know how to pronounce it when I see it now, instead of a little mental "blip" I use when I recognize a word/name but don't know the pronunciation...
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Date: 2008-02-21 10:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] th3-unicorn.livejournal.com
me too! It's short for Esmeralda

Date: 2008-02-22 04:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_x_blackroses_x/
Yup, Ez-may, and I like the name. ^_^

Date: 2008-02-21 10:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] quite-rosie.livejournal.com
I love it! And yup, I say it Ez-may.

Date: 2008-02-21 11:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com
I don't like it.

Date: 2008-02-21 11:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sweatydog.livejournal.com
EZ-MAY

Its a nice name I'm just not very fond of it.

Date: 2008-02-22 12:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] solagirl.livejournal.com
Cool sound, seems too short for a full name to me.

Date: 2008-02-22 01:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kitchen-poet.livejournal.com
I say it "Ezz-may". I love that name, and usually it is a reference to jd salinger. :)

Date: 2008-02-22 05:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lovebird.livejournal.com
Of course. That's why I like it hah.

Date: 2008-02-22 02:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ugottafriend.livejournal.com
It's definitely EZ-MAY. Michael J. Fox has a daughter with that name. I don't care for it...there are too many other E names that are much prettier in my opinion.

Date: 2008-02-22 03:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladydiddymus.livejournal.com
I like it better as "Ez-mee", but only as a nickname. I can't remember where I heard it pronounced that way though.

Date: 2008-02-22 08:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 0o-faerie.livejournal.com
It's been quite popular here for a while (but spelled Esmee). I'm not a fan.

Date: 2008-02-22 06:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arbus.livejournal.com
i love the name, and like the idea of "ezzie" as a nickname.
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