Comments for the name Esti

The original name is Estibaliz and variants are: Estitxu, Estibalitz, Esti.

Would make a beautiful middle name.

It sounds really elegant.

Hello, I'm new to this site, and wanted to look up some names. I noticed that you didn't have my girlfriend's name in the list. I've gone through a little research and her name comes from French, with Wale-ish background. The name of my girlfriend is Esty. Her name means = Bright star, or Brightness all around. In French, it means this anyways.

There is an Israeli model named Esti Ginzburg.

Esti is also a Hebrew diminutive of Esther. The aforementioned Israeli model Esti Ginzburg is a famous bearer of the name.

Esti is a nickname in Israel for girls named Esther.

Short form of the Quebec-French word hoesti, which means dammit or fu-k.

Pronounced (in Basque) ESH-tee, but with the "sh" said while the tip of the tongue is close to the roof of the mouth.

Taken from http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Basque/Pronunciation :

"'S' is probably the trickiest sound of all. It is not like the English 's', but rather like the one used in Castillian Spanish. It sort of sounds like English 'sh', but is much softer. In effect, it is produced by putting the tip of your tongue at the back of your top front teeth when saying 's'. It takes a bit of practice."

Esti is the short version of Estibalitz or Estibaliz. A popular name in the Basque Country--there is a church named after the virgin of Estibaliz in the Basque province of Araba--originally it comes from the Latin word "Estivalia," summer time.

Ezti, not Esti, means "honey, sweet" in Basque.

Estivalia… beautiful! Gorgeous word. ^^ Estitxu and Estibalitz are also really beautiful. I also really like it as a nickname for Esther.

I heard that it does, indeed, have something to do with “Star” or something akin to that. That little pronunciation thing offered helped a lot, too; I had been saying it “ESS-tee”, which sounds a little too close to “Estee”. I like it.

Also, here’s to assuming that “Esty” is just a variant of “Esti” or “Ezti”, and basically is just spelled with a ‘Y’?