Meaning and Origin of: Ester

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Persian : Star

Girl name variations

Esther
Esthur
Eszter
Esta
Essie
Ettie
Hester
Hesther
Hettie

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : topographic name for someone who lived by a gate leading to cultivated land, from Middle High German ezzisch ‘seed field’ + tor ‘gate’.
  • Jewish : variant of Esther.