Esmy

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Esmy by the numbers

Esmy was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Esmy

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 Esmy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Esmeesteemed or loved933 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Emmywhole or universal; diminutive of Emilia or Emma105 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Emywhole; a form of Emma7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Estystar; a diminutive of Esther10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Esmalofty or exalted; a form of Asma12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Eimy48 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Esmy

Names that are said the same way as Esmy, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Esmie4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Esmi6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Esmy

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