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Esmée is the correct feminine version. Esmé is masculine. However I think in the US you could definitely use Esmé or Esme, Esmee (without the accent) as well. It was never used much in France. I would choose Esmée or Esmee but I'm not a fan of the name's English pronunciation. Even when people try to pronounce it the French way it never sounds right unless they learned French at an early age. It's definitely not ez-MAY. The second syllable doesn't sound like May it's more of a really long MEH. It's hard to explain but definitely no AY sound in there. Also kind of Twilight trendy. I wouldn't mind meeting one, though. I only know two Esmes - one is in her 30s, the other is 10.

This message was edited 3/21/2012, 1:20 PM