Eszter as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Eszter

What is the meaning of the name Eszter ?

The baby name Eszter is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced ES-tehr.

Eszter is Hebrew, Hungarian in Origin.

Eszter is the Hungarian form of Esther, written Eszter in orthography, where sz represents /s/. The biblical name appears in Hebrew as ʾEstēr, the earliest secure form of the personal name. Its deeper source is usually taken as Old Persian stāra-, star, related to later Persian setāre; a competing association with Akkadian Ishtar is noted but less useful for the Hungarian form’s literal sense.

In Hungary it entered through Latin and vernacular biblical tradition, especially the Book of Esther and the Purim story of the Jewish queen of Persia. Medieval and early modern Hungarian records show it as a familiar Christian and Jewish female name, and it remained part of the national naming stock rather than a recent borrowing. Related forms include English Esther, German and Czech Ester, Polish Estera, and older English Hester. In contemporary Hungary Eszter ranks as a recognizable traditional name; outside Hungarian-speaking communities it is rare.