Esmé
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛmeɪ/, /ˈɛzmeɪ/ or /ˈɛzmiː/ |
|---|---|
| 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, Ismi |
Esmé (more commonly Esme) or Esmée is an English given name, from the past participle of the French esmer, "to esteem". Esmé came to be used in Scotland in the 16th century as the name of Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox (1542–1583). Originally a masculine name, Esme had become a feminine name by the mid-twentieth century.[1] Esme was among the 100 most popular baby names for girls in the UK in 2015.[2]
Esme is also used as a short form for the Spanish feminine name Esmeralda, meaning 'emerald'. Esme is also believed to mean 'emerald' in the Persian language.
Esme
- Feminine
- Esmé Bianco (born 1982), British model and performer
- Esme Church (1893–1972), British actress and theatre director
- Esme Irwin (1931–2001), British cricket player
- Esmé Kamphuis (born 1983), Dutch retired bobsledder
- Esme Langley (1919–1991), British writer
- Esme Mackinnon (born 1913), British skier
- Esme Melville (1918–2006), Australian actress
- Esme Steyn (born 1953), South African lawn bowler
- Esmè Stuart, pen name of Amélie Claire Leroy (1851–1934), English writer
- Esme Tombleson (1917–2010), New Zealand politician
- Esmé Wiegman (born 1975), Dutch politician
- Esmé Wynne-Tyson (1898–1972), English actress and writer
- Esmé Ellen Harvey (1989-present), English Featherweight Boxer and Fitness Professional
- Masculine
- Esmé Collings (1859-1936), English photographer, miniaturist and early film pioneer
- Esme Haywood (1900-1985), English cricketer
- Esme Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith (1863–1939)
- Esme Mends (born 1986), Ghanaian football player
- Esme Percy (1887–1957), British actor
- Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox (1542–1583)
- Esmé Stuart, 2nd Duke of Lennox
- Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox (1579–1624)
- Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond (1649–1660)
- Esmé Cecil Wingfield-Stratford (1882–1971), English historian and writer
Esmée
- Esmée Denters (born 1988), Dutch singer
- Esmée Fairbairn, eponymous of Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Fictional characters
- Esme, John Shelby's Gypsy wife in the TV series Peaky Blinders
- Esme Macknade, a feisty teenage maid servant, is a regular character in the long running BBC Radio 4 First World War drama Home Front
- Esme, in William Gaddis' 1955 novel The Recognitions
- Esmé, in J. D. Salinger's short story "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor"
- Esmé Kipps, in Susan Hill's Novel The Woman In Black
- Esmé Amarinth, in the novel The Green Carnation
- Esme Cuckoo, a mutant in the Marvel Universe
- Esme Cullen, a vampire in the Twilight series
- Esme Murray, in the sitcom Hamish Macbeth
- Esmé Squalor, a villainess in Lemony Snicket's book series A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Esme Vanderheusen, in the soap opera Passions
- Esme Weatherwax, a witch in the Discworld series
- Esme Watson, in the Australian TV series A Country Practice
- Esme, only daughter of Marnie and her cousin Edward, who is/was Anna Preston's birth mother in the novel but renamed Emily in the Ghibil film of When Marnie Was There
- Esme Song, in the Canadian Teen Drama franchise Degrassi specifically Degrassi: Next Class. List of Degrassi: Next Class characters
References
- ^ Sandel, Abby. "Esme: Baby Name of the Day". Appellation Mountain.
- ^ https://www.yahoo.com/news/the-100-most-popular-british-baby-names-126911905396.html
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Esme
- All pages with titles beginning with Esmé
- Edmé
- Esmeralda (disambiguation)
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