Esmi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EZ-mee
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Esmi is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “esteemed, loved”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Esmi mean?
French: spelling of Esmee, itself a spelling of Esme
“esteemed, loved”
Spelling of Esme, also used in the Netherlands as Esmée.
Meaning borrowed from Esmee. More on Wiktionary.
Is Esmi a girl's or a boy's name?
Esmi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Esmi in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 6 girls.
Esmi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
How popular is Esmi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Esmi, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 2010.
Half of all the girls named Esmi in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 101 girls in the US were given Esmi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,677, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Esmi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
Names like Esmi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme, Remi, Dua, Pippa, Ayra, Primrose, Indie, Poppy, Ayat, Isla, Elodie, Zuri
Other spellings of Esmi
Names related to Esmi
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Esmi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/esmi, updated 20 October 2026.