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I love them, they sound romantic, historical, and "young duchess disguises herself as a stable boy and travels Europe horseback before succumbing to the plague". I don't really mind that it used to be a masculine name - Esmé is an older form than Esmée, and the one I prefer. Esmée looks overly elaborate and a bit pretentious. That being said, I am a bit bitter that like Evelyn, the name has become completely feminine (I like both Esmé and Evelyn on boys and girls alike, but could never use them for the former). Esmé looks much nicer than plain Esme, in my opinion. I do like the idea of Esme as a nickname for Esmeralda, but I'm not very fond of Esmeralda. It makes me think of Granny Weatherwax from the Discworld series, which is a good association, though. I've never heard of Esme and Roy, and I don't think it would be an issue.