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Meaning of the nameEsther

Esther is a spelling of the name Ester, which means “possibly 'star', in Persian”.

Meaning

“possibly 'star', in Persian”

Meaning of the name Ester, of which Esther is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Esther

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People (2022)
59,553
Rank in Brazil
#507
Median age
7 years
2010 Census
11,415
people

Esther in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Esther, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (26,461 people).

59,235 women 318 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Esther is most common

States with the highest share of people named Esther in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Espírito Santo 0.055%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.051%
  3. Distrito Federal 0.050%
  4. Amazonas 0.039%
  5. Acre 0.038%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo12,2590.028%
Rio de Janeiro8,1010.051%
Minas Gerais7,4490.036%
Bahia4,2550.030%
Goiás2,5760.037%
Pernambuco2,3740.026%
Espírito Santo2,0880.055%
Pará1,9750.024%
Rio Grande do Sul1,9520.018%
Ceará1,7310.020%
Paraná1,6100.014%
Amazonas1,5470.039%
Maranhão1,4890.022%
Paraíba1,4440.036%
Distrito Federal1,3940.050%
Santa Catarina1,2040.016%
Mato Grosso1,2030.033%
Rio Grande do Norte9720.029%
Mato Grosso do Sul6880.025%
Alagoas5570.018%
Tocantins5450.036%
Piauí4920.015%
Sergipe4540.021%
Rondônia4200.027%
Acre3160.038%
Amapá2350.032%
Roraima2230.035%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Esther

It keeps the TH of the Latin and English form; Wiktionary lists it as a variant of Ester.

About the name Ester

Wiktionary lists Ester as a learned borrowing from the Latin Esthēr, the Greek Ἐσθήρ and the biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר, with uncertain links to the Persian and to the Akkadian Ištar. Behind the Name, in the entry Esther, says the name possibly means 'star' in Persian, or that it may derive from the name of the goddess Ishtar, and links it to the Book of Esther in the Old Testament. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 176,238 people named Ester, with a median age of 10. Proportionally, it is most common in Espírito Santo. Esther, with TH, is the alternative form that Wiktionary lists.

Other spellings of Ester

SpellingPeople (2022)
Ester176,238
Esther59,553

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Ester · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Ester · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Esther · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ester · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Esther

What does the name Esther mean?

Esther means “possibly 'star', in Persian”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Ester, of which Esther is a spelling.

How many people are named Esther in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 59,553 people with the first name Esther, which ranks it number 507 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Esther a boy's or a girl's name?

Esther is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 59,235 women and 318 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Esther?

Esther is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Esther most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.055% of the state's population is named Esther (2,088 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Esther?

Ester. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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