Gender Feminine
Usage Greek, Judeo-Greek, Judeo-Spanish, Judeo-Catalan
Scripts Αστέρω(Greek)
Other Forms FormsAster, Astera (Judeo-Spanish), Asterona, Esterona (Judeo-Catalan)
Meaning & History
Judeo-Spanish and Judeo-Greek variant of Esther. This is the name of the title character of a 1959 Greek film (played by Aliki Viougiouklaki), a remake of a 1929 movie (itself loosely based on Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona).