According to the second direction Esther was her real name and she is so named throughout the Book of Esther.

Esther's real name in the bible. She was a Jewess named Hadassah the myrtle but when she entered the royal harem she received the name by which she henceforth became known. Who is this woman and why does she have an entire book named after her. Accordingly the name Hadassah needs further explanation.

In short she prevented the first holocaust. Esther in the book of Esther was a biblical heroine who saved the Jewish people. I never learned in Sunday School that Esther whose Jewish name was Hadassah was forced along with perhaps thousands of virgin girls from Susa into King Xerxes harem.

הדסה was one of the names of Queen Esther the heroine of the Purim story and is now given to Jewish girls. Herodotus and Ctesias both mention Xerxess wife Amestris who was very wicked. Or that the king had banished his first wife Queen Vashti for refusing to.

According to the Hebrew Bible queen Esther was born with the name הדסה Hadassah Myrtle. Esther wasnt even her real name. Esther probably means star in Persian but many feel that its a derivative of the name Ishtar a Near.

Her Jewish name was Hadassah. Esther Began as Hadassah. She was of the tribe of Benjamin and lived during the time Israel was exiled.

Esther Many people forget this but Esthers real name was Hadassah which means myrtle tree. By Chana Raizel Zaklikowski The name Hadassah Heb. She was chosen by.