Esther

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Iceland Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

1) Latin spelling of the Greek name Εσθηρ (Esther):

a) Greek form of the Persian name ستاره (Sitareh); Persian ستاره (setâre/sitâre) = 'star' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

b) Greek form of the Hebrew name Hadassa [1] [5]

2) Latinised form of Estrid (see Ǣstríðr) [4]

Related Names

     
Esta ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Swedish
Este ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Estei ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ester ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Sami Swedish
Esteri ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Esther ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Esti ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Estu ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Estukka ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Estur ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese

See also Essi

Name Day

Denmark Denmark

24 May

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Esther
Accusative: Esther
Dative: Esther
Genitive: Estherar

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Finland: 1449 [4]

Bible

In the Old Testament, Esther is the second wife of King Ahasverus of Persia

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Denmark Denmark[6] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png 5361 n.a. 0 n.a
Sweden Sweden[7] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m1.png 1105 2082 0 2
Norway Norway[8] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 637 1328 0 0
Finland Finland[9] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png n.a. 417 0 0
  #: 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.

 

Recent statistics trend[7][6][8][9]:Name statistics for Esther(f)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[8]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Esther(f)


Sources: [7] [6] [8] [9]

References

  1. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
  2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  4. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  5. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  9. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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