Gender Feminine
Pronounced Pron. /ˈhɛs.təɹ/(English) /ˈɦɛs.tər/(Dutch)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Latin form of Esther. Like Esther, it has been used in England since the Protestant Reformation. Nathaniel Hawthorne used it for the heroine of his novel The Scarlet Letter (1850), Hester Prynne, a Puritan woman forced to wear a red letter A on her chest after giving birth to a child out of wedlock.

Related Names

DiminutiveHettie(English)
Other Languages & CulturesEsther(Biblical) Esther(Biblical Greek) 'Ester(Biblical Hebrew) Ester(Catalan) Ester(Czech) Ester, Esther(Danish) Ester(Estonian) Ester, Esteri, Essi(Finnish) Esther(French) Esther(German) Ester, Esti(Hebrew) Eszter, Eszti(Hungarian) Ester(Icelandic) Ester(Italian) Esther, Estee(Jewish) Estere(Latvian) Estera(Lithuanian) Ester, Esther(Norwegian) Estera(Polish) Ester(Portuguese) Estera(Romanian) Yesfir, Esfir(Russian) Estera(Slovak) Ester, Esther(Spanish) Ester, Esther(Swedish)

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Entry updated April 5, 2022