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Well it reminds me of my favourite movie and book series when I was in grade 1 or 2...but it is quite a nice name actually. I wouldn't use Esme for a nickname though, maybe Mer or Relda (HA! Reminds me of Zelda, on Sabrina the Teenaged Witch) maybe even Elle(Legally Blond)... Seija

I tihnk it's a very beautiful name especially for a dark haired girl. i actually had a dream once where i had a daughter named Esmeralda. Actually it was triplet, 2 boys & a girl. Justin, Gregory, & Esmeralda. Although, they weren't names i usually think about but I like them. I'd just make sure to call her Esmeralda all the time. Personally i don't care for nns. If she wants a nn let her find it when she's ready.

I doubt many people would shorter it to Esme ... I don't think that's a very obvious nn. But as Esmerelda is so long, I'm sure it'd be shortened to something, which you may or may not like. Something like Ezzie or Emmie is more likely.

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Great name anyways, but I prefer Esmeralda :-)

No offense taken, Clara. We're all allowed our opinions :)

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I wouldn't think it would be shortened to Esme. I can't think of a quick nickname coming from it. Maybe Relda? I know a woman who was so sure she was having a girl (ended up a boy), and was going to name her daughter Esmerelda, and call her Mer.

I think that Esmeralda is pretty and I like it without a nn. I prefer the name Esme thouh and would only use it on it's own.

I think Esmerelda is a great name. It is so pretty and underused. There probably is a chance people will call her Esme.

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My name is Chelsea and only friends and family ever call me Chels or Chel and it is kinda random, not a set nn.

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:)

Esmerelda is nms...sorry

It's so long (and, to me anyway, it's old-fashioned sounding), it's bound to get nicked somehow. Esme or Esmee seems to me to be a pretty unlikely candidate where I live (US).. it seems as formal as the long name to me. I think it's more likely her friends might just call her Esmy (or Ezzie, Emsy, Esmie, or whatever a child's natural shortening of Esmerelda in her dialect would be). Meri or Meryl is another possibility, though a little more artificial.

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- chazda

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I do like the meaning of Esmeralda, but it was ruined by a Latin American soap opera that was aired some years ago here. I do like Esme / Esmée