Esme

Where Esme comes from

Anglicized spelling of French Esmé.
— Wiktionary's entry for Esme
  • French
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #3,187 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1967
    Esme Sophia Isaack born
    Namibian politician
  3. 2000
    Esme Morgan born
    English footballer
  4. 2025
    Peak, #298
    1,032 babies named Esme — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name from French.
  • A male given name from French.
  • A female given name from French.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Esmeralda.
Namesakes
  • Esme Morgan · English footballer, born 2000
  • Esme Sophia Isaack · Namibian politician, born 1967
  • Esme Hubbard · British actress, 1880–1951
  • Esme Church · British actress and theatre director, 1893–1972
  • Esme Haywood · English cricketer, 1900–1985

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.