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Esther
EHS-tuh
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A female given name, also the name of a book in the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament about a Jewish queen of Persia.
"Her grandmother was named Esther, after the biblical queen."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA traditional female name, and the heroine of the biblical Book of Esther.
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Etymology
From Hebrew, possibly connected to the Persian word for "star," and linked by some scholars to the goddess name Ishtar.