Entry № 3947 · Hebrew origin

Hadassah Hadassah — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ hah-DAH-sah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Myrtle tree"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "myrtle tree".

Hadassah (הֲדַסָּה) is the original Hebrew name of the biblical Queen Esther — the Persian queen who saved the Jewish people from destruction. In Hebrew tradition, Esther was her name at court; Hadassah was her name at home. The name means "myrtle tree," a plant of Jewish ritual significance.

Hadassah is the name of one of the largest Jewish women's organisations in the world (the Women's Zionist Organization of America). The name is rising in the U.S.

Myrtle tree. Esther's name at home.

The name in its native script.

הֲדַסָּה
Transliteration
Hădassāh
Pronunciation
/ həˈdɑː.sə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hadassah stands.

Hadassah 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.

Hadassahs before her.

Real people
Hadassah Lieberman
American activist, wife of Joe Lieberman.
born 1948
In fiction
Hadassah
Birth name of Queen Esther in the Book of Esther.
Hebrew Bible

Names connected to Hadassah.

The number behind Hadassah.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hadassah reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.