Esmai
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in England and Wales.
Babies a year
11
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2440
11 babies
Esmai by the numbers
In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Esmai.
What we can tell you about Esmai
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Esmai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Esmaeesteemed or loved; a modern respelling of Esme306 in England and Wales (2025)
- Esmalofty or exalted; a form of Asma12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Esmay16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Esmi6 in the US (2017)
- Ezmai6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Esmeeesteemed, beloved; a form of Esme38 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Esmai
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