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I prefer Esme. To me, it just looks nicer. I'm not a French speaker, and what little I have seen the name used, the only spelling I've seen has been Esme and it has only been on girls/women. I also think Esme is sometimes used as a nickname for Esmeralda in Spanish, and I'm inclined toward Spanish usage rather than French since it's my second language.

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I suggested Esme to a friend when she was pregnant. She wanted a name that worked in both English and Spanish. (She ended up picking Lydia Dolores for a girl, but she had a boy -- Jaime Gabriel.)