Given name & surname
Esta
“woman from the East”
Esta is used as a given name and a surname. One Italian interpretation is “woman from the East.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Italian interpretation is “woman from the East.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Esta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,466
- 27 boys · 4,439 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 117 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,352 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −18%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,352 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 117 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,354 as a first name in 2020; 161 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Esta’s family of names
In Swahili usage, Esta has a conventional equivalent in the French form Esther. In Estonian usage, Esta has a related form in Ester. In Danish usage, Esta has a conventional equivalent in the German form Ester.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Esta has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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