Esmé
"Esme" redirects here. For other uses, see Esme (disambiguation).
| 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 |
Esmé or Esmée is a French given name, the participle of French esmer "to esteem" (whence also English aim).[1] Esmé came to be used in Scotland in the 16th century as the name of Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox (1542–1583) and is now among the most popular baby names for girls in the UK.[2]
Esme is also used as a short form for the feminine name Esmeralda.
Esme
- Feminine
- Esmé Bianco (born 1982), British model and performer
- Esme Irwin (1931–2001), British cricket player
- Esmé Kamphuis (born 1983), Dutch bobsledder
- Esme Langley (1919–1991), British writer
- Esme Mackinnon (born 1913), British skier
- Esme Melville (1918–2006), Australian actress
- Esme Tombleson (1917–2010), New Zealand politician
- Emma Eleonora "Esmé" Wiegman-van Meppelen Scheppink (born 1975), Dutch politician
- Masculine
- Esme Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith (1863–1939)
- Anamuah Esme Papa Mends (born 1986), Ghanaian football player
- Saville Esmé Percy (1887–1957), a British actor
- Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox (1542–1583)
- Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox (1579–1624)
- Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond (1649–1660)
Esmée
- Esmée Denters (born 1988), Dutch singer
- Esmée Fairbairn, eponymous of Esmée Fairbairn Foundation,
Art, entertainment, and media
Fictional characters
- Esme, John Shelby's Gypsy wife in Peaky Blinders
- Esme, a character in William Gaddis's novel The Recognitions (1955)
- Esmé, a character in J. D. Salinger's short story "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor"
- Esmé Amarinth, a character in the novel The Green Carnation
- Esme Cuckoo, a mutant in the Marvel Universe
- Esme Cullen, a vampire in the Twilight series
- Esme Murray, a character in the sitcom Hamish Macbeth
- Esmé Squalor, a villainess in Lemony Snicket's book series A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Esme Vanderheusen, a character in the soap opera Passions
- Esme Weatherwax or Granny Weatherwax, a witch in the Discworld series
- Esme Watson, a character from A Country Practice (portrayed by Joyce Jacobs)
Literature
- "Esmé", a story by Saki
Music
- "Esme", a song on the Joanna Newsom album Have One on Me, and its titular character
References
- ↑ "Esme s'est dit anciennement par abréviation pour estime dans la signification d'opinion, de jugement, de sentiment" François Joseph Michel Noël, Philologie française ou dictionnaire étymologique: critique, historique, anecdotique, littéraire, Père, 1831 p. 510. Eugene de Chambure, Glossaire du Morvan; Étude sur le langage de cette contrée comparé avec les principaux dialectes ou patois de la France, de la Belgique wallonne, et de la Suisse romande (1878), p. 324.
- ↑ https://www.yahoo.com/news/the-100-most-popular-british-baby-names-126911905396.html
See also
- All pages beginning with "Esme"
- All pages beginning with "Esmé"
- Edmé
- Esmeralda (disambiguation)
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