What is the meaning of the name Esther?

The meaning of the name Esther is "myrtle leaf". The origin of the name is "Persian". The name Esther is mostly used as a girls name.

Right pronunciation of Esther

\e-sther, es-ther\

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Esther is a very popular first name for girls (#132) and also really popular as a last name (#43891). Users of our site ranked the name with a 0.0 (0 vote(s)). Like or dislike the name by ranking this girls name above or write a comment on the name Esther.

How popular is the name Esther?

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The year 1918 was for Esther a very good year. In that year there were 6405 births with the name Esther. Find out if Esther is in the top 100 girls names 1918 or check all top 100 names for any State in any year!

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