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Esther
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Male: 2 countries
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Female: 4 countries
Origin: Persian
From Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr), from Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר (ʾestēr). Has been connected to Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 (a-s-t-r /star-/, “star”) (whence Middle Persian 𐭮𐭲𐭫 (stl /star/, “star”), 𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭫𐭪 (stʾlk /stārag/, “star”), Persian ستاره (sitāra /setâre, “star”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (if so, a distant doublet of star); or else to Akkadian 𒀭𒈹 (Ištar, “Ishtar”) (Hebrew עִשְׁתָּר (ʿištār)).
Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)
Name Variants & Related
- Esthere Derived from Esther
- Esthermae Derived from Esther
- Estherlene Derived from Esther
- Estherline Derived from Esther
- Esther-Rose Derived from Esther
- Aban Persian origin
- Akhtar Persian origin
- Amiri Persian origin
- Anbar Persian origin
- Aras Persian origin
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