Entry № 3102 · Hungarian origin

Eszter Eszter — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ES-ter /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hungarian
Meaning
"Star (Hungarian Esther)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Hungarian)

A name that means "star (hungarian esther)".

Eszter is the Hungarian form of Esther — from the Hebrew (possibly Persian) meaning "star." The biblical Queen Esther saved the Persian Jews from Haman's plot.

Eszter Tamási (1938-1991) was the Hungarian actress; Eszter Ádám is the singer.

Star. The Hungarian Esther.

The name in its native script.

Eszter
Transliteration
Eszter
Pronunciation
/ ˈɛs.tər /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Eszter stands.

Eszter does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Eszters before her.

Real people
Eszter Tamási
Hungarian actress.
1938 – 1991
In fiction
Eszter
Common in Hungarian fiction.

Names connected to Eszter.

The number behind Eszter.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Eszter reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.