Esmé
Appearance
Pronunciation | /ˈɛmeɪ/, /ˈɛzmeɪ/ or /ˈɛzmiː/ |
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Gender | male or female |
Origin | |
Word/name | French esmé (feminine esmée), "esteemed", past participle of esmer, "to esteem" |
Meaning | 1. French: "beloved", "esteemed" 2. Short for Esméralda |
Other names | |
Related names | Edmé, Esméralda |
Esmé(e) or Esme(e) may refer to:
Women
- Esmée Denters (1988 – present), a Dutch singer
- Esmé Wiegman-van Meppelen Scheppink (1975 – present), a Dutch politician
- Esme Mackinnon (1913 – present), a British skier
- Esme Melville (1918–2006), an Australian actress
- Esme Irwin (1931–2001), a British cricket player
- Esme Langley (1919 – present), a British writer
- Esmé Bianco (1982 – present), a British model and performer
- Esme Tombleson (1917 – present), a New Zealand politician
- Esme Kamphuis (1983 – present), a Dutch bobsledder
- Esmé Squalor, a villainess in A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
- Esme Vanderheusen, a character in the soap opera Passions
- Granny Weatherwax (Esme Weatherwax), a fictional witch in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
- Esme Cullen, a vampire in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
- Esme, a character in William Gaddis's The Recognitions
- Esme Cuckoo, a mutant in the Marvel Universe
- Esmé, the fictional eponym of "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor" by J. D. Salinger
- Esme Murray, a character in the sitcom Hamish Macbeth
Men
- Esme Mends (1986 – present), a Ghanaian soccer player
- Esme Percy (1887–1957), a British actor
- Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox (1542–1583)
- Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox (1579–1624)
- Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond (1649–1660)
- Esme Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith (1863–1939)
See also
- ESME
- Edmé
- ESME Sudria
- Eşme - town in Turkey