Esther
Esther or Ester is a female given name .
Meaning and origin
The etymological origin of the name Esther is unclear. Possibly it is of old Persian origin and means "star". A relationship with the old Iraqi Ishtar and thus the name of the Syrian or Canaanite goddess Astarte does not seem plausible, since the story of the book does not take place in Iraq, but in the former old Persian capital Susa . In the book of Esther in the Tanach , this is the old Persian name of the Jewish woman Hadassa , who becomes the wife of the Persian king Xerxes I ( Hebrew : אחשורוש, Achaschwerosch). Esther is a historically unproven figure of the Jewish tradition who is said to have saved the Jews from annihilation during their time of the diaspora in the Persian Empire through a clever act.
holiday
May 24th (Catholic)
variants
- Essie, Esta, Etty, Hester, Hettie, Tess ( English diminutive)
- Ester ( Finnish , Kurdish , Czech , Portuguese , Scandinavian languages , Spanish )
- Estera ( Polish , Slovak , Lithuanian )
- Esteri ( Finnish )
- Estée ( French )
- Eistir ( Irish )
- Esfir ( Russian )
- Eszter ( Hungarian )
- Hester ( Dutch )
- אֶסְתֵּר ( Hebrew )
Name bearers
- Queen Esther , wife of the Persian king Achaschwerosch (Xerxes I), main character in the biblical book Esther
- Esther Alder (* 1958), Swiss politician
- Esther Bejarano (* 1924), German-Jewish survivor of the Shoah, musician and singer
- Esther Carena (1898–1972), German actress
- Esther Cremer (* 1988), German athlete
- Esther Dischereit (* 1952), German writer
- Esther Dyson (* 1951), American stock analyst, internet activist and author
- Esther Friesner (* 1951), American writer
- Esther Gajek (* 1962), German folklorist and Germanist
- Esther Haase (* 1966), German photographer
- Esther Rachel Kamińska (1870–1925), Polish-Jewish actress
- Esther Kinsky (* 1956), German writer and translator
- Esther von Kirchbach (1894–1946), German publicist, poet, pastor
- Esther Ofarim (* 1941), Israeli singer
- Esther Ollick (* 1980), German trader
- Esther Qin (* 1991), Australian water diver
- Esther Schweins (* 1970), German actress
- Esther Shalev-Gerz (* 1948), Israeli artist
- Esther Eva Verkaaik , Dutch actress
- Esther Vilar (* 1935), Argentine-German writer
- Esther Williams (1921–2013), American swimmer and actress
- Esther Weber (* 1967) most successful German wheelchair fencer
family name
- Bernard Esther (* 1985), Seychellois soccer player
- Colin Esther (* 1989), Seychellois soccer player
- Frédéric Esther (* 1972), French boxer
- Rennick Esther (* 1987), Seychellois soccer player
- Ted Esther (* 1982), Seychellois soccer player
Literature and music
- Esther , biblical tragedy by Jean Racine , first performed in 1689
- Esther , oratorio by Georg Friedrich Handel , first performed around 1718
- Esther, oratorio by Cristiano Lidarti , first performed in 1774
- Esther, opera by Robert Hanell , world premiere in 1966
Other uses
- Esther (asteroid) is an asteroid of the main belt.
- Esther (VIA C7) a processor core from VIA Technologies .
literature
- FW Weiterhaus: The new first name book. Origin and meaning of 8000 given names. Orbis Verlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-572-01423-9
