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 |
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Esmé (masculine) or Esmée (feminine) 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).
Esme is also used as a short form for the feminine name Esmeralda.
Esme
- Feminine
- Esme Mackinnon (born 1913), British skier
- Esme Tombleson (1917–2010), New Zealand politician
- Esme Melville (1918–2006), Australian actress
- Esme Langley (1919–1991), British writer
- Esme Irwin (1931–2001), British cricket player
- Emma Eleonora "Esmé" Wiegman-van Meppelen Scheppink (born 1975), Dutch politician
- Esmé Bianco (born 1982), British model and performer
- Esmé Kamphuis (born 1983), Dutch bobsledder
- Masculine
- Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox (1542–1583)
- Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox (1579–1624)
- Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond (1649–1660)
- Esme Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith (1863–1939)
- Saville Esmé Percy (1887–1957), a British actor
- Anamuah Esme Papa Mends (born 1986), Ghanaian football player
Esmée
- Esmée Fairbairn, eponymous of Esmée Fairbairn Foundation,
- Esmée Denters (born 1988), Dutch singer
Fictional characters
- "Esmé", story by Saki
- Esme, a character in The Recognitions by William Gaddis
- Esmé, a character in the short story "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor" by J. D. Salinger
- Esme Murray, a character in the sitcom Hamish Macbeth
- Esmé Squalor, a villainess in A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
- Esme Cuckoo, a mutant in the Marvel Universe
- Esme Cullen, a vampire in the Twilight series
- 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
Music
- "Esme", the character and title of Joanna Newsom's song in her third album Have One on Me (CD3)
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.
See also
- All pages beginning with "Esme"
- All pages beginning with "Esmé"
- Edmé
- Esmeralda (disambiguation)
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