Esther

Meaning: (Star, Myrtle Leaf, Biblical: A young Hebrew woman named Hadassah who became the wife of the Persian King Ahasuerus, and risked her life to save her people. The name may also be a Hebrew form of the name of the Persian Goddess of Love, Ishtar. Ester is a Spanish form. It was adopted as an English name in the 17^th Century.)

Origin: (Persian, English)

Pronunciation: (ESS-ter, EH-stur)

Gender: Female

This is a name I didn’t quite like years ago. There was a horror / thriller movie a few years back with a crazy little girl in it named Esther. I was put off by the name because of that movie and that coupled with the pronunciation. I have the hardest time pronouncing this name. I always want to try and pronounce it ES-thur. Just the other day though I started watching Turner Classics Movie channel and began watching the movie Meet Me in St. Louis. Judy Garland was in it and she played a character named Esther often called Es. So I looked the name up. Now I know how to pronounce it and I kind of like the name. It has good meanings and is a nice old fashioned name that would still fit today.