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Poll Results: What do you think of the name Esme?

Poll expired: Oct 17, 2011  
  • 23% (16)
    What a cute name!
  • 13% (9)
    Sounds French.
  • 45% (31)
    Is that from Twighlight?
  • 17% (12)
    I hate it...
68 Total Votes  
post #1 of 41
9/17/11 at 12:30pm
Thread Starter 

Esme?

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post #2 of 41
9/17/11 at 1:05pm

Sounds interesting, don't know how it is to be pronounced, and it's visually pretty. 

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post #3 of 41
9/17/11 at 1:15pm

ehs-may

 

i love it, but im a big twilight fan. i considered Cullen too. :)

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post #4 of 41
9/17/11 at 1:25pm

Okay, that's the pronunciation that I assumed. It's beautiful. 

 

I saw one of the movies. Who had that name?

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post #5 of 41
9/17/11 at 3:01pm
Thread Starter 

Frig it was the mom! I love that name but didn't know it was Twilight related. I told my sis we were considering it for a girl and she blurts right out "Twilight!!" I was like "Oh no!"

 

I don't want her to get made fun of or for people to think I named her after the movie KWIM?

 

I guess I was hoping no one would know hide.gif

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post #6 of 41
9/17/11 at 3:28pm

I picked "what a cute name" because it fit best out of all the choices (no fricken clue about that which is Twilight lol)  and because I don't hate it.  My exact thought was "hmmm, interesting, going to have to think about it."

 

Yes, I think I do like it.  It is pretty.

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post #7 of 41
9/17/11 at 3:40pm

Haha, is it in Twilight??  I love the name, have never read/watched Twilight.  However, I know my cousin's a big Twilight fan, and her 1yo is named Esme.  ;)  

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post #8 of 41
9/17/11 at 4:12pm

1st french, 2nd twilight.  Huge fan, but passing trend, beautiful name.

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post #9 of 41
9/17/11 at 4:56pm
I don't think any of those things.

I think J.D. Salinger. His classic short story, "For Esme with Love and Squalor" (1950)/
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post #10 of 41
9/17/11 at 5:50pm

I think of the Salinger story too.  And about the fact that I don't really know how to pronounce it.  Which syllable is the accent on?  In my mind, it's the first, but I don't think I've ever actually heard anyone say it.  (And I'll admit that I'm one of the people who voted "I hate it."  I don't have any good reason to hate it, but I do.)

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post #11 of 41
9/17/11 at 6:08pm
It's pronounced EHZ-may.
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post #12 of 41
9/17/11 at 8:32pm

I think it is cute, but I seem to know a ton of Esmes right now. Also, I teach English as a second language so I have an Esmerelda-who-goes-by-Esme every year. My son is 8, but I recently found out there is a vampire in Twilight with his name, too-- Caius. I think it's ok though. Not the main characters.

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post #13 of 41
9/27/11 at 5:01pm

I think of Granny Weatherwax from Terry Pratchett's Discworld books.  She's AWESOME!  It was on our list.  It isn't common around here at all.

 

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post #14 of 41
10/1/11 at 5:54pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by sosurreal09 View Post

Esme?



Reminds me of the JD Salinger story "to Esme with Love and Squalor" and it reminds me of the little girl I know named Esme!  It is a great name. 

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post #15 of 41
10/1/11 at 6:02pm
Twilight for sure!

What about ....

Elise
Elia
Eva
Erin
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post #16 of 41
10/1/11 at 8:39pm

Definitely Twilight.

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post #17 of 41
10/2/11 at 8:14am
Twilight... But I definetly like it
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post #18 of 41
10/2/11 at 2:58pm
Twilight. Every bit as much as much as Edward or Bella. Sorry. greensad.gif I do love the name but I don't think you'll be able to escape the association with twilight for quite some time.
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post #19 of 41
10/2/11 at 5:12pm

I do know someone named Scarlet, her parents had no clue about Gone With the Wind...and the name fits her perfectly, but she's not THE Scarlet at all.

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post #20 of 41
10/2/11 at 11:12pm

Yup, Twilight. 110%

 

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