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I do as well. Sometimes I worry it is too married to a sexualized and racist image due to the pop cultural association to the character Esmeralda in the classic novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, though I'm fairly certain most people associate it with the Disney character these days.. which is still problematic but more watered down.

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Esme really appeals to me. Though I usually favor longer names with shorter nicknames this is a rare example of where I more lean towards the nickname as the legal one. But don't misunderstand me, I still like Esmeralda in full as well. Esme is just the preference in this case.

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