Hester

Where Hester comes from

From the Latin form of Esther.
— Wiktionary's entry for Hester
  • Persian
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1741
    Hester Thrale born
    Welsh author and salon-holder
  2. 1776
    Hester Stanhope born
    noblewoman; British aristocrat, antiquarian and archaeologist
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #219 among girls — 49 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1881
    Peak, #201
    55 babies named Hester — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,833.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Persian, of 17th century and later usage.
Namesakes
  • Hester Stanhope · noblewoman; British aristocrat, antiquarian and archaeologist, 1776–1839
  • Hester Thrale · Welsh author and salon-holder, 1741–1821
  • Hester Chapone · British writer, 1727–1801
  • Hester Jonas · German midwife and cunning woman, 1570–1635
  • Hester Ford · American supercentenarian, 1905–2021

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.