Easter has been used as a name for several hundred years as part of the day-naming tradition.

Esther name variations. Name Popularity Related Ratings Comments Namesakes Name Days. BackgroundThe early Anglo-Saxon monk and scholar Bede took the name of a goddess--Eostre-- whose feast. Usually people with the destiny number 3 have a lot of humor and are very sociable making them extremely popular among their fellow men.

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 realm from extermination. Alternatively it could be a derivative of the name of the Near Eastern goddess Ishtar. 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.

I was thinking of Comet Hale-Bopp You are correct. Metronymic from the female nameEsther from Hebrew Ester the name borne in the Bible by a Jewish captive of the Persian King Ahasuerus. The kings advisor Haman persuaded the king to exterminate all the Jews in the realm.

Hesther is a version of Esther Persian. Possibly means star in Persian. Similar Names Nicknames Spelling Variations of Esther Asta Astera Astra Easter Essie Esta Estella Estelle Ester Etty Hadassah Hester Hettie Stella Popularity of Esther Esther currently has 326 likes and is in the top 3 of liked girls names.

Sanford and Niece 1974 Esthers fittin right in Orphan 2009 Famous people named Esther or its variations. The B-text is presented in the Septuagint which is a Greek translation of the Bible while the A-text is a shorter version referred to as the Lucianic text. Eshter Estehr Hester Tesher Theres Therés.

Esther in Japanese. H esther as a name for girls is of Persian and Hebrew derivation and the name Hesther means myrtle bride. The two surviving Greek versions are the B-text and the A-text.