Esther
\ɛs.tɛʁ\♀French girl's name
A French girl's name of Latin origin.
At a glance
| Gender | Feminine |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| Pronunciation | \ɛs.tɛʁ\ |
Origin and meaning
From Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr), from Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר (ʾestēr). Has been connected to Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 (a-s-t-r /star-/, “star”) (whence Middle Persian 𐭮𐭲𐭫 (stl /star/, “star”), 𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭫𐭪 (stʾlk /stārag/, “star”), Persian ستاره (sitāra /setâre, “star”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (if so, a distant doublet of star); or else to Akkadian 𒀭𒈹 (Ištar, “Ishtar”) (Hebrew עִשְׁתָּר (ʿištār)).
Where it is mostly given
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- United States
- Malta
- Spain
- France
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- East Frisia
Around the world
- BasqueEster
- BretonEster
- CorsicanEster
- DanishEster
- FinnishEster
- IrishEistir
- GreekΕσθήρ
- Hebrewאֶסְתֵּר
- HungarianEszter
- ItalianEster
- Japaneseエステル
- LatvianEstere
- LithuanianEstera
- NorwegianEster
In literature
« Ah ! çà, que voulez-vous donc, vous autres, pour femmes ?… des voliges !… cria la pauvre Esther. »Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: LightD31 (Toulouse (France)), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).