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Esme is a girl's name of Old French origin meaning “Loved, esteemed”. It sits in the vintage era with a soft, ethereal energy, and we describe it as “a name written in cursive”. If you love the sound of Esme but want a few alternatives, here are 32 names like Esme: names that share its roots, its era and energy, its sound or its meaning, each with the reason it made the list.

32 names

Same roots · Names that share Esme’s French or Anglo-Saxon roots.

Clementine
Latin / French / English
Merciful, mild
GirlBotanicalHistorical
Genevieve
French / Celtic / English
Tribe woman
GirlHistoricalVirtue
Harriet
French / English
Home ruler
GirlHistoricalLiterary
Jocelyn
French / English
Of the Gauts, a Germanic tribe
GirlVirtueHistorical
Annette
French / English
Little Anne
GirlLiterary
Faye
Old French
Fairy
GirlLiteraryMythological
Joyce
Old French / English
Lord, rejoicing
UnisexLiteraryVirtue
Madeleine
French / English
Of Magdala
GirlLiteraryVirtue

Same era, same energy · Names with Esme’s vintage feel and soft, ethereal energy, whatever their roots.

Adeline
Old French / German
Noble kind
GirlHistoricalLiterary
Edith
Old English
Prosperous in war
GirlHistorical
Elsie
English / Scottish
Pledged to God
GirlHistorical
Esther
Hebrew / Biblical / English
Star
GirlBiblicalVirtue
Lucille
French / Latin
Light
GirlLiterary
Mabel
Latin / English
Lovable
GirlHistorical
Arabella
Latin / English
Yielding to prayer
GirlVirtueLiterary
Elspeth
Scots / English
God is my oath
GirlHistoricalLiterary

Sounds similar · Names that start or end the way Esme does.

Edna
Hebrew / English
Pleasure, delight
GirlLiterary
Esha
Sanskrit
Desire, the goddess Parvati
GirlVirtueMythological
Esmeralda
Spanish
Emerald
GirlLiteraryBotanical
Esperanza
Spanish
Hope
GirlVirtue
Etta
Germanic / English
Estate ruler
GirlLiteraryHistorical
Eden
Hebrew / Biblical
Delight
UnisexBiblicalNature
Eliza
Hebrew / English
My God is abundance
GirlBiblicalLiterary
Eloise
Old French / German
Healthy, wide
GirlLiteraryHistorical

If you like the meaning · Names whose meaning sits close to Esme’s “Loved, esteemed”.

Francesca
Italian
Free one
GirlLiteraryHistorical
Tatiana
Russian
Of the Sabines
GirlLiteraryHistorical
Audrey
Old English
Noble strength
GirlHistoricalLiterary
Carmen
Spanish / Latin
Song, garden
GirlLiteraryHistorical
Cordelia
Celtic / Latin
Daughter of the sea
GirlLiteraryHistorical
Evelyn
English / Celtic
Wished-for child
GirlLiteraryHistorical
Florence
Latin / English
Flowering, flourishing
GirlBotanicalHistorical
Greta
German / Greek
Pearl
GirlLiteraryHistorical

Quick questions

What names are similar to Esme?
Names similar to Esme include Clementine, Genevieve, Harriet, Jocelyn, Annette, Faye. Each shares Esme’s roots, its era and energy, its sound or its meaning.

What is a good alternative to Esme?
If you want something close to Esme but a little different, try Adeline, Edith, Elsie. Each shares part of what makes Esme work, from its feel to its sound or meaning.

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