Esther Origin and Meaning The name Esther is a girls name of Persian origin meaning star.

Esther name in other languages. It has 35 variants that are used in English and other languages. Esther gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1893 when its usage went up by 17242. A young beautiful Hebrew woman who became the wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus and risked herself to save her people.

Esther by Any Other Name. Your Name in Egyptian Hieroglyphs. He was named after the god Marduk or Merodach as it is mentioned in the Bible Jeremiah 502.

Esther is a Muslim Girl name and has Persian origin. There are currently 19 languages represented on this page. King Ahasuerus has done the same to Esthers uncle Mordecai.

Her story plays between the two waves of return to Jerusalem but her bravery is still celebrated every year during the feast of Purim Esther 926. Variants used in English include Es Essey Essi Essy Estar Ester used in Czech Finnish German Hungarian Italian Portuguese Scandinavian Slavic and Spanish too Estée Esthur Esti Eszti Ettey Etti Hester used in Dutch too Hesther and Hittie. Esther was derived from the Old Persian word stāra meaning star In the Old Testament Esther originally named Hadassah was the captured Jewish wife of the King of Persia who risked her life to save her exiled people from annihilation.

Find Esther multiple name meanings and name pronunciation in English Arabic and Urdu. Esther has been used in the United States ever since 1880 with over 261325 girls given the name in the past 200 years. Esther by Any Other Name Posted March 21 2016 in Updates.

Other boys names around Esther ESTEVENSON ESTEVES ESTEVO ESTEVON ESTEYBANN ESTHEBAN ESTHÉBAN ESTHEBANE ESTHEBANN ESTHEFANO ESTHER ESTHEVAN ESTHEVAO ESTHM ESTI ESTIA ESTIAGO ESTIAK ESTIBEL ESTIBEN ESTIENNE. Your Given Name in Mandarin Chinese. Esther Name Meaning is Star Myrtle Leaf.