Given name & surname
Fester
Fester is used as a given name and a surname. Fester is connected with Vester.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Low German use, Fester is used as a variant of Vester.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1935. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fester through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1935
- 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 boys is 5 in 1935. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 669 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Fester
Characters named Fester: Uncle Fester (The Addams Family).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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