Meaning of name.

Esther name meaning biblical. Popular name of debated origin and meaning. Esther is a feminine given name. The name Esther also represents her fully.

ستاره - setāra meaning star or - more likely - from the name of the Babylonian goddess of love Ištar cf. A dutiful daughter to her adopted father docile and obedient to his counsels and anxious to share the kings favour with him for the good of the Jewish people. If is_derive 1 result_d mysql_querySELECT FROM bnames_derives WHERE derives_name_id listnames_id.

It is of Persian origin and the meaning of Esther is myrtle bride. Esther as a girls name is pronounced ESS-ter. Esther got her name from Queen Esther from the Bible which means beautiful queen.

The Book of Esther in the Old Testament of the Bible was named after her the main character of this dramatic piece of Jewish history. In Persian Baby Names the meaning of the name Esther is. 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.

Esther as queen and Mordecai as. The heroic uncle of Esther and son of Jair son of Shimei son of Kish of Benjamin Esther 25. Meaning History.

The Book of Esther in the Old Testament tells the story of Queen Esther the Jewish wife of the king of Persia. Myrtles are a biblical symbol of righteousness so this may have been a way to designate her as a holy biblical heroine. Others think it is derived from the Persian stara star.