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First name origins & meanings:

  1. Persian: Star
  2. Dutch: Star
  3. Latin: A variation of Esther

First name variations: Ester, Esthur, Eszter, Esta, Essie, Ettie, Hesther, Hettie, Esther, Hesther, Hetty, Hetti, Hettie, Hetta, Hessie, Hessi, Hessye, Hestar, Hestarr

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. North German: topographic name for someone who lived by a conspicuous beech tree, Middle Low German hēster.
  2. Irish (mainly County Mayo): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hOistir ‘descendant of Oistir’.

This name appears in the following lists: Presidents' Kids