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Esme Gwen ... those two short E sounds bother me a bit but not too much. Esme is great, and a family name, and though I'm not fond of Gwen it's OK as a mn.
I deplore Martha and much prefer Tessa to Tess. Tessa Maritha or Maretha rhymes but could work.
Molly Bess. Why not Mary Elizabeth, I wonder. Either way, I find Molly plump and dowdy but would use Polly in a heartbeat. I should like Bess I suppose - Good Queen Bess, and one of my mother's friends used to call her Bess instead of any of the nns for Beatrice - but I don't. Better than Bessy but not good enough. Polly Betsan would be my preferred tweak du jour.