Esme Forename
17,489th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 53,413 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey
Esme Forename Definition:
A name derived from Esmund, for Osmund.
Esme Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 100% | 35,766 | 1:2,175 | 465 |
| South Africa | 100% | 5,708 | 1:9,554 | 1,656 |
| England | 100% | 4,075 | 1:13,645 | 983 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 1,875 | 1:12,307 | 1,247 |
| United States | 100% | 1,067 | 1:339,772 | 10,150 |
| Malawi | 100% | 973 | 1:17,587 | 1,639 |
| Ghana | - | 618 | 1:43,667 | 2,441 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 485 | 1:34,850 | 2,730 |
| Wales | 100% | 364 | 1:8,501 | 756 |
| Canada | - | 189 | 1:175,309 | 7,067 |
| Mexico | 100% | 156 | 1:795,798 | 7,189 |
| Jamaica | - | 153 | 1:18,845 | 1,605 |
| Scotland | 100% | 151 | 1:35,433 | 1,302 |
| Namibia | - | 139 | 1:17,296 | 1,656 |
| Guyana | 100% | 124 | 1:6,155 | 1,059 |
| Germany | 100% | 105 | 1:920,742 | 7,483 |
| Denmark | - | 103 | 1:54,849 | 2,006 |
| Zimbabwe | 96% | 102 | 1:151,214 | 9,828 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 82 | 1:16,603 | 2,098 |
| Australia | - | 76 | 1:179,706 | 4,814 |
| Sweden | 100% | 66 | 1:149,362 | 5,748 |
| Ireland | 100% | 64 | 1:72,555 | 2,060 |
| India | 85% | 55 | 1:22,088,690 | 504,535 |
| Philippines | 52% | 54 | 1:1,963,138 | 43,961 |
| New Zealand | - | 53 | 1:85,586 | 3,840 |
| Malaysia | 82% | 46 | 1:661,955 | 26,444 |
| Thailand | 100% | 43 | 1:1,629,438 | 49,421 |
| Papua New Guinea | 92% | 41 | 1:198,837 | 16,978 |
| Barbados | - | 40 | 1:7,245 | 909 |
| Austria | 100% | 35 | 1:243,263 | 3,286 |
| Belgium | 100% | 34 | 1:337,942 | 6,477 |
| Brazil | 100% | 33 | 1:6,492,005 | 93,070 |
| Indonesia | - | 32 | 1:8,061,365 | 275,127 |
| Spain | - | 32 | 1:1,454,061 | 10,156 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 31 | 1:225,496 | 5,341 |
| Russia | 86% | 31 | 1:4,652,700 | 23,240 |
| Georgia | 100% | 24 | 1:155,769 | 4,717 |
| Belize | 100% | 23 | 1:15,405 | 1,953 |
| China | - | 21 | 1:65,050,275 | 63,020 |
| Norway | 100% | 18 | 1:285,129 | 6,331 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 17 | 1:34,174 | 2,353 |
| Argentina | 100% | 16 | 1:2,673,328 | 8,808 |
| France | 100% | 15 | 1:4,431,356 | 18,897 |
| Kosovo | - | 13 | 1:143,188 | 6,648 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 13 | 1:8,442 | 1,163 |
| Hong Kong | - | 12 | 1:646,060 | 4,783 |
| Nigeria | 72% | 12 | 1:14,797,030 | 147,379 |
| Estonia | 100% | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Guatemala | - | 11 | 1:1,464,403 | 5,160 |
| Israel | 90% | 11 | 1:763,902 | 12,174 |
| Liberia | 100% | 11 | 1:401,096 | 11,764 |
| Finland | 56% | 10 | 1:548,318 | 6,147 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| El Salvador | - | 8 | 1:792,723 | 5,723 |
| Singapore | - | 8 | 1:785,882 | 13,409 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 8 | 1:1,026,687 | 12,013 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 8 | 1:2,971,210 | 60,968 |
| Italy | 100% | 7 | 1:8,723,156 | 29,138 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Zambia | - | 7 | 1:2,264,971 | 21,963 |
| Chile | 67% | 6 | 1:2,934,535 | 17,145 |
| Ecuador | - | 6 | 1:2,954,486 | 13,743 |
| Greece | 100% | 6 | 1:1,822,425 | 10,706 |
| Albania | 100% | 5 | 1:609,314 | 20,025 |
| Pakistan | 50% | 5 | 1:38,871,536 | 142,270 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 4 | 1:460,786 | 2,461 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| DR Congo | 50% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Grenada | 100% | 4 | 1:27,031 | 2,323 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 4 | 1:79,533 | 2,400 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4 | 1:1,787,998 | 44,562 |
| Venezuela | - | 4 | 1:7,550,473 | 90,577 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 3 | 1:37,193 | 3,592 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
The alternate forms: Esmé (3,591), Eşme (11), Esmè (8), Esmë (7), Esmê (1) & Ésme (1) are calculated separately.
Esme (384) may also be a surname.
Esme Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A name derived from Esmund, for Osmund.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Esme Forename Popularity
Esme Demographics
Esme Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 191 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Esme Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Esme in the Russian language | ||
| Эсме | esme | - |
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