Ester

Where Ester comes from

The dictionaries list Ester as a given name — a female given name from Hebrew, alternative form of Esther — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #740 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1905
    Peak, #367
    85 babies named Ester — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1995
    Ester Ledecká born
    Czech snowboarder and skier
  4. 2000
    Ester Expósito born
    actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew, alternative form of Esther.
Namesakes
  • Ester Ledecká · Czech snowboarder and skier, born 1995
  • Ester Expósito · actress, born 2000
  • Ester Peony · Romanian singer and songwriter, born 1993
  • Ester Mägi · Estonian composer, 1922–2021
  • Ester Boserup · Danish economist, 1910–1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.