Given name
Eszter
“myrtle”·“resembling the myrtle leaf”
Eszter is a variant of Esther. Interpretations include “myrtle” (Persian) and “resembling the myrtle leaf” (Persian). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eszter 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
Where it comes from
Eszter is a variant of Esther. A possible origin is Persian, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2010. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Eszter is a variant of Esther. The history of Esther gives this family its wider story. Esther appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Eszter through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 372 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eszter’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Eszter has a diminutive in Eszterke. Eszter shares a linguistic root with Esther. In Hungarian usage, Eszter has a conventional equivalent in the German form Ester.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Eszter has relatives in 5 languages.
7 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Eszter
- Eszter BalintAmerican singer-songwriter and actressborn 1966
- Eszter MuhariHungarian fencerborn 2002
- Eszter Krutzlerweightlifterborn 1981
- Eszter MátéfiHungarian handball playerborn 1966
- Eszter Daraswimmerborn 1990
- Eszter VoitOlympic gymnast1916–1990
- Eszter PécsiHungarian architect, structural engineer (1898–1975)
- Eszter LakosHungarian lawyer and politician (born: 1981)
- Eszter CsákányiHungarian actress (1953–)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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