Esther


Gender:
Origin: Latin, Persian
637 famous people named Esther found on Wikipedia.
256866 female, 962 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 153-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 27-th in year 1896
Used in: Biblical, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish

Meanings

Esther is a feminine given name known from Esther eponymous heroine of the seventeenth book of the Old Testament. The name is usually derived from the Old Persian stāra (NPer. ستاره setāra, meaning "star") although some scholars identify Esther with the name of the Babylonian goddess of love Ištar an evidently Semitic name of uncertain meaning. (cf. Mordecai ↔ Marduk).

Fem. proper name, Old Testament wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus, from Greek Esther, from Hebrew Ester, from Persian sitareh "star," related to Avestan star- (from PIE root *ster- (2) "star"), or perhaps of Semitic origin.

Derived from Latin stella, means: star.

Famous People: 637 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Esther Williams 1921 Competitive American swimmer and actor
2 Esther Rolle 1920 Actress
3 Esther Hicks 1948 American writer
4 Esther Sedlaczek 1985 German presenter
5 Esther Afua Ocloo 1919 Ghanaian entrepreneur
6 Baby Esther American singer
7 Esther Rantzen 1940 Television presenter from England
8 Esther Smith 1986 British actress
9 Esther McVey 1967 British politician
10 Esther Perel 1958 Belgian Psychotherapist and Author
11 Esther Anil 2001
12 Esther Freud 1963 British actress
13 Esther Povitsky 1988 Comedian
14 Esther Ku 1980 American comedian
15 Esther Bloom
16 Esther Hall 1970 English television and theatre actress
17 Esther Earl 1994 American internet personality
18 Esther Baxter 1984 American model
19 Esther Dyson 1951 Swiss-American journalist
20 Esther Wojcicki 1941 American journalist and educator
21 Esther Phillips 1935 American R&B singer
22 Esther Cañadas 1977 Spanish actor and model
23 Esther Vaquero 1982 Spanish journalist
24 Esther Duflo 1972 French economist
25 Esther Reed 1978 Convicted American identity thief
26 Esther Cleveland 1893 Second child of American president Grover Cleveland
27 Esther Ofarim 1941 Israeli singer
28 Esther Peterson 1906 American consumer rights activist
29 Esther Jungreis 1936 Holocaust survivor and religious outreach leader
30 Esther Comar French actress
31 Esther Vergeer 1981 Dutch wheelchair tennis player
32 Esther Kwan 1964 Hong Kong actress
33 Esther Vilar 1935 Argentine writer
34 Esther Jaén 1968
35 Esther Passaris 1964 Kenyan entrepreneur, philanthropist and politician
36 Esther Snyder 1920 American businesswoman
37 Esther Ralston 1902 Actress
38 Esther Mahalangu 1935 South African artist
39 Esther Góes 1946 Brazilian actress
40 Esther Zimmering 1977 German actress
41 Esther Edwards Burr 1732 American writer
42 Esther Petrack 1992 Model
43 Esther Ballestrino 1918 Activist killed
44 Esther Forbes 1891 Novelist
45 Esther Lederberg 1922 American microbiologist and a pioneer of bacterial genetics
46 Esther Victoria Abraham 1916 Winner the Miss India contest, actress, film producer and film distributor
47 Esther Hobart Morris 1814 American judge; Justice of the peace
48 Esther Anderson 1946 Jamaican filmmaker, photographer and actress
49 Esther Scott 1957 American actress
50 Esther Dale 1885 American actress
51 Esther Valentine
52 Esther Abrahams 1767 Convict
53 Esther Esteban 1957 Spanish journalist
54 Esther George 1958 Banker
55 Esther David 1945 Indian Jewish author, artist and sculptor
56 Esther Johnson 1681 Friend of Jonathan Swift
57 Esther Granek 1927 Belgian writer
58 Esther Arunga South African lawyer
59 Esther John 1929 Pakistani nurse
60 Esther Gordy Edwards 1920 American business woman
61 Esther Esche 1965 German actress
62 Esther Qin 1991
63 Esther Oosterbeek 1959 Dutch singer
64 Esther Howard 1892 American actress
65 Esther Brimmer American politician
66 Esther Bégin 1964 Canadian journalist, television presenter and radio host
67 Esther M. Conwell 1922 American physicist
68 Esther de Berdt 1746 American colonist
69 Esther Thelen 1941 American psychologist & scholar
70 Esther Alcocer Koplowitz 1970 Spanish businessperson
71 Esther Vanhomrigh Poet
72 Esther Newberg American literary agent
73 Esther Apituley 1958 Dutch musician
74 Esther Friesner 1951 American writer
75 Esther Fernández 1917 Mexican actress
76 Esther Díaz 1939 Argentinian epistemologist
77 Esther Lungu 1961
78 Esther Koplowitz, Marquise of Cubas 1948 Spanish business woman
79 Esther Roord 1965 Dutch actress
80 Esther Brunauer 1901 American government official
81 Esther Kim 1977 German pianist
82 Esther Heesch 1996
83 Esther Howland 1828 American artist and businesswoman
84 Esther Bubley 1921 American photographer
85 Esther Vivas 1975 Spanish female activist
86 Esther Béjarano 1924 German concentration camp survivor
87 Esther Kuhn 1980
88 Esther Schweins 1970 German actress
89 Esther Handali Ottoman jeweller
90 Esther Gobseck 1807 Honoré de Balzac character
91 Esther J. Ending 1972 Dutch writer
92 Emilie Esther 1999 Danish singer
93 Esther Szekeres 1910 Hungarian–Australian mathematician
94 Esther Roth-Shahamorov 1952 Israeli athlete
95 Esther Yoo 1994 Violinist
96 Esther Supreeleela
97 Esther Mamarbachi 1967 Swiss journalist
98 Esther Kamatari 1951 Burundian princess
99 Esther Muir 1903 American actress
100 Esther Wong 1917 American music promoter
101 Esther Salas 1968 American judge
102 Esther Ouwehand 1976 Dutch politician and marketing manager
103 Esther D. du Pont 1908 American philanthropist
104 Esther Kinsky 1956 German writer and translator
105 Esther Golar 1946 American politician
106 Joy Esther 1984 Actress
107 Esther Hautzig 1930 Writer
108 Esther Kreitman 1891 Polish writer
109 Esther Lofgren 1985 American rower
110 Esther Somerfeld-Ziskind 1901 Esther Somerfeld-Ziskind was a pioneering researcher into insulin, lithium, and electroconvulsive therapy.
111 Esther Grether 1962 Swiss art collector and businesswoman
112 Esther Brand 1922 South African former athlete
113 Esther Averill 1902 American creator of children's books
114 Esther Eng 1914 American film director
115 Esther Manheimer
116 Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse 1857 British artist
117 Esther Goris 1963 Argentine actress
118 Esther Gemsch 1955 Swiss actress
119 Esther Alder 1958 Swiss politician
120 Esther Roper 1868 English suffragist
121 Esther Marisol 1976
122 Esther Rose 1901 American artist
123 Esther McCoy 1904 American writer
124 Esther Sandoval 1927 Puerto Rican actress
125 Esther Inglis 1571 English painter, translator and calligrapher
126 Esther de Lange 1975 Dutch politician
127 Esther Jones 1969 Athletics competitor
128 Esther Hart 1970 Dutch singer
129 Esther Hoffe 1906 Israeli secreteary
130 Esther Moreno 1969 Mexican professional wrestler
131 Esther Wilkins 1916
132 Esther K. Chae American actress
133 Esther Sunday 1992 Nigerian footballer
134 Esther Voet 1963
135 Esther Kia'aina 1963 Hawaii politician
136 Esther Arroyo 1968 Actress
137 Esther Herlitz 1921 Israeli diplomat
138 Esther Duller 1966 Dutch television presenter and presenter
139 Esther Marion Armstrong 1898 Widow of Edwin Howard Armstrong
140 Esther Martinez 1912 Tewa language activist, linguist
141 Esther Borja 1913 Cuban soprano
142 Esther Newton 1940 Anthropologist
143 Esther Takeuchi 1953 American chemical engineer and materials scientist
144 Esther Geller 1921 American painter and watercolourist
145 Esther Brandeau Settler of Canada
146 Esther Randriamamonjy Malagasy writer
147 Queen Esther American singer
148 Esther Buckley 1948 American educator and politician
149 Esther Blake 1897 United States Air Force Staff Sergeant
150 Esther Raziel-Naor 1911 Israeli politician
151 Esther Popel 1896 African-American poet
152 Esther Shalev-Gerz 1948 Artist
153 Esther Bigeou 1895 American vaudeville and blues singer
154 Esther Allan 1914 American composer and pianist
155 Esther Erb 1986
156 Esther von Krosigk 1964 German journalist
157 Esther Hannaford
158 Esther Kraft 1990 German actress
159 Esther Dischereit 1952 German writer
160 Esther González 1992 Footballer
161 Esther Sumner Damon 1814 Last American revolutionary war widow
162 Esther Mitterstieler 1968 Italian journalist
163 Esther Gitman 1941 Yugoslav historian
164 Esther McCready 1931
165 Esther Norma Arrostito 1940 Argentine political activist
166 Esther Orozco 1945 Mexican biologist, researcher and politician
167 Esther De Jong 1974 Dutch model
168 Esther ter Horst 1978 Dutch actress
169 Esther Applunius 1987 Malaysian singer
170 Esther Ibanga 1961 Nigerian pastor
171 Esther Greisheimer 1891
172 Esther Galil 1945
173 Esther Feldman Argentinian writer
174 Esther Shemitz 1900 20th-Century American painter and illustrator
175 Esther Lamandier French singer
176 Esther Cooper Jackson 1917 Civil rights activist
177 Esther Wheelwright 1696
178 Esther Ferrer 1937 Spanish artist
179 Esther Sels 1982 Belgian singer
180 Esther Granados 1926 Peruvian singer (1926-2012)
181 Esther Rinaldi 1976 Mexican actress
182 Esther Staubli 1979 Swiss association football referee and association football player
183 Esther Walker 1894 American actress
184 Esther García 1956 Spanish film producer and actress
185 Esther E. Wood 1905 American historian, professor and writer (1905-2002)
186 Esther Romero 1988 Association footballer
187 Esther Louise Georgette Deer 1891
188 Esther Gorintin 1913 1913-2010 French Polish actress
189 Esther Maurer 1957 Swiss politician
190 Esther Shiner 1924 Canadian politician
191 Esther Delisle 1954 French Canadian historian
192 Esther Levine 1970 American photographer
193 Esther de Boer-van Rijk 1853 Dutch actress
194 Esther Meek American philosopher
195 Esther Waeber-Kalbermatten 1952 Swiss politician
196 Esther Dang 1945 Cameroonian economist
197 Esther Lybeert Belgian singer and actor
198 Esther Sullastres 1993 Footballer
199 Esther Haase 1966 German photographer and film director
200 Esther Hamerman 1886 Polish-born American painter