Esmé Forename

118,078th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 3,591 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Esmé Forename Definition:

(m., f.) the first occurrence of this name seems to be Esmé Stuart (1543-83), 6th Seigneur d’Aubigny and afterwards Duke of Lennox, cousin of James VI of Scotland, whose mother was French. His name, which is not found earlier in the family, and which was borne by his s.

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Esmé Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa
100%
2,6221:20,7982,846
Netherlands
100%
8591:19,6761,900
New Zealand-261:174,4635,979
England
100%
211:2,647,75830,513
United States-151:24,169,132185,959
Ireland-131:357,1945,120
Belgium
100%
111:1,044,54912,446
Canada-61:5,522,22952,759
Sweden
100%
31:3,285,96941,581
France
100%
21:33,235,17058,100
Germany-21:48,338,93872,742
Namibia-21:1,202,09012,702
Scotland-21:2,675,18318,328
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
India-11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Suriname-11:552,8115,457
Switzerland
100%
11:8,213,49636,387

The alternate forms: Esme (53,413), Esmè (8), Esmê (1), Eşme (11) & Ésme (1) are calculated separately.

Esmé Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(m., f.) the first occurrence of this name seems to be Esmé Stuart (1543-83), 6th Seigneur d’Aubigny and afterwards Duke of Lennox, cousin of James VI of Scotland, whose mother was French. His name, which is not found earlier in the family, and which was borne by his s. and his grandson, was sometimes spelt Aymie, and it is possible that it is really the fairly common French name Aimé (see Amy). The name spread from the Stuarts to other Scottish families and eventually to England. It is not mentioned by Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884. It is now sometimes given to girls, probably from confusion with the old name Ismay (q.v.).

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

M. Not, I believe, bestowed in England before the late C19. It may be a Gallicized abbreviation of, and m. companion to Esmeralda.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

Esmé Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Esme9253,413/
Esmè928/
Esmê921/
Esmée891,592/
Hesmé8911/
Esméi891/
Essmé891/
Emé867/
Eşme8311/
Ésme831/
Esma75140,726/
Esmy755,082/
Esmi753,136/
Ismé756/
Emmé753/
Gemé752/
Esmí752/
Emée752/
Esmä751/
Ezmé751/
Hemé751/
Esmer6715,334/
Esmie678,993/
Esmee673,917/
Esmey67929/
Esmay67775/
Esmet67519/
Esmit67343/
Esmid67194/
Hesma67193/
Hesmi67128/
Esmaa67116/
Essma67112/
Eshma6775/
Essme6771/
Esmed6753/
Gesmi6747/
Easma6747/
Eisma6744/
Esmai6740/
Hesmy6735/
Iesma6727/
Gesmy6726/
Hesme6726/
Esmei6720/
Esmea6719/
Esmma6716/
Esmes6715/
Gesme6713/
Eshmi6710/
Essmy679/
Esmmy678/
Eshme677/
Essmi676/
Eismy676/
Esmis675/
Esmeh674/
Eusme673/
Esmih673/
Easmi672/
Esmme672/
Esmii672/
Esmhe672/
Eysme672/
Ezsma672/
E'Sma672/
Esmeu672/
Iesmi672/
Eusmy672/
Ismée671/
Ehsmi671/
Emmée671/
Esmep671/
Esmhy671/
Esmij671/
Esmiy671/
Esmoy671/
Esmäe671/
Etmée671/
Etsmi671/
Edsmi671/
Ysmée671/
Eméga671/
Easme671/
Iesmy671/
Eusmi671/
Esmoa671/
Esmaj671/
Eszma671/

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