It is of Persian origin and the meaning of Esther is myrtle bride.
Esther name history. The most Esther families were found in the USA in 1920. The name Esther is assigned only once in the Bible. Alternatively it could be a derivative of the name of the Near Eastern goddess Ishtar.
Tragically Hadassah was orphaned at an early age. The Book of Esther in the Old Testament tells the story of Queen Esther the Jewish wife of the king of Persia who saved the Jews of the. Morning star Persian hidden Hebrew Possibly means star in Persian.
Dictionary of American Family Names. Following this she was adopted by her cousin Mordecai Esther 27. The Esther family name was found in the USA the UK Canada and Scotland between 1840 and 1920.
Esther as a girls name is pronounced ESS-ter. And on one of these tablets two other men mentioned in Esther 114 Tarchish and Meres may also be listed. This was about 32 of all the recorded Esthers in Canada.
She was of the tribe of Benjamin and lived during the time Israel was exiled. A young beautiful Hebrew woman who became the wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus and risked herself to save her people. According to the Book of Esther Esther was a Hebrew woman in Persia whose birth name was Hadassah.
Mordecai the son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin raised Esther as his own daughter. Meanings and history of the name Esther. Esther is the Persian name of a Hebrew girl named Hadassah means myrtle who was able to avert the genocide of the Hebrews during the time of the Babylonian exile see the Book of Esther.