Ester is from the Hebrew Ester. A modern American baby name in the broader Hebrew heritage aesthetic. Ester is a foundational name with deep heritage. Latin form of Hebrew Esther + Persian stara star or Babylonian Ishtar + Queen Esther Persian Queen of Ahasuerus Xerxes I + Hebrew name Hadassah + cousin of Mordecai + saved Jewish people from Haman + Book of Esther + Purim festival + If I perish I perish Esther 4:16. Foundational Hebrew feminine name reflecting cultural + historical heritage spanning centuries.
Featured throughout Hebrew heritage.
Ester does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.
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In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ester reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.