Setareh
Setareh (also Setare , Persian ستاره) is a female given name from Persian . Translated, the name means star . The Persian name appears in the Bible as Esther . Esther is the Persian name for Hadassa , a Jew who lives in the Persian Empire and who later married the Persian King Xerxes I and thus became Queen Esther .
The Tajik (East Persian) and Uzbek forms of the first name are Sitora .
Well-known namesake
- Setareh Eskandari (* 1974) an Iranian actress.
- Setareh Hosseini (* 1993) an Iranian actress and photographer