Ester

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Female Name

Usage

Norwegian
Danish
Swedish
Finnish
Icelandic
Faroese
Sami
Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of Esther

Related Names

See Esther

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Esterarson

Female

Esterardóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Ester
Genitive:	Esters

- Faroese
Nominative:	Ester
Accusative:	Ester
Dative:	Ester
Genitive:	Esterar

- Finnish
Nominative:	Ester
Genitive:	Esterin
Partitive:	Esteriä

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Ester
Accusative:	Ester
Dative:	Ester
Genitive:	Esterar

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Ester
Genitive:	Esters

- Swedish
Nominative:	Ester
Genitive:	Esters

Name Days

Faroe Islands

24 May

Finland

16 May

Norway

24 May

Sami

16 May

Finland (Swedish Language)

16 May

Sweden

31 March

Further Information

• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name
• Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name

Earliest Documented Usage

• Denmark:
  • 13th century
• Finland:
  • 1449
  • 17th century
• Iceland:
  • Late 19th century

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden: 1885-1909
• Norway: 1890-1920
• Denmark: 1910-1929

Predominant Regional Usage

• Denmark:
  • Bornholm
  • Lolland-Falster
  • København
  • Sjælland
  • Østjylland
• Norway:
  • Vest-Agder (18th century)
• Sweden:
  • Uppland (19th century) see map
  • Småland (19th century) see map
  • Östergötland (19th century) see map
  • Närke (19th century) see map
  • Västerbotten (19th century) see map
  • Lappland (19th century) see map
  • Gästrikland (19th century) see map
  • Västergötland (19th century) see map

Namesakes

• Ester Blenda Elisabet Nordström (31 March 1891 - 15 October 1948), Swedish journalist and writer

Trivia

• Ester is also used as an Icelandic horse name

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Finland		n.a.	28538	n.a.	28538	0	0
Sweden		5716	15347	5714	15342	2	5
Denmark		1766	n.a.	1766	n.a.	0	n.a.
Iceland		290	357	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		10	53	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		1553	n.a.	1553	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

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Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Ester (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.