Given name · Yiddish
אסתּר
“woman from the East”·“myrtle”·“resembling the myrtle leaf”
אסתּר (ester) is a feminine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Yiddish.
YiddishWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: Esther.
Meaning & origin
What it means
אסתּר is Ester written in the Hebrew alphabet. Ester has a related form in Esta. One Italian interpretation is “woman from the East.” Ester is a variant of Esther. Interpretations include “myrtle” (Persian) and “resembling the myrtle leaf” (Persian). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
אסתּר’s family of names
In Yiddish usage, אסתּר has a conventional equivalent in the English form Esther. In Yiddish usage, אסתּר has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form ESTERA.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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