Fun Facts About the Name Estera
- 116 babies named Estera: U.S. records list 116 babies given the name Estera from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Estera Mean?
Estera is a form of the biblical name Esther, whose meaning is not fully settled. The most common explanation connects it to an Old Persian word for "star," stāra, which is also related to the name of the goddess Ishtar. In the Hebrew Bible the same woman is also called Hadassah, from Hebrew hadas, "myrtle," and some writers treat "myrtle" as the name's meaning. The Book of Esther itself links the name to a Hebrew root meaning "to hide," but this is usually read as wordplay on the story rather than as the name's actual origin. Of the competing explanations, "star" is the one most often given for Esther and therefore for its variant Estera.
Estera Name History & Origins
The name came into European languages through the biblical queen Esther, the Jewish wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther, whose story is read at the festival of Purim. The Hebrew text gives her two names, Hadassah and Esther. Greek and Latin versions of the Bible used the form Esther, and from those the name passed into the languages of Christian Europe.
Estera is the form the name took in Polish and in Romanian, where the final -a matches the usual shape of feminine names in those languages. In Polish the biblical book is called the Księga Estery, and the queen is known as Estera; Romanian likewise uses Estera for the biblical figure and the book. The name was used by Jewish communities in Eastern Europe as well as by Christians, and it also appears in Lithuanian. Other European languages keep forms closer to the Latin, such as Ester in Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian, or Esther in English, French, and German.
How Popular is the Name Estera?
Estera has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1996. Its best rank was #7,759 in 1996.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,301 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #13,961 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #15,919 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #15,843 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #10,744 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #15,217 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #17,625 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #14,156 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #14,731 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #16,260 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #11,515 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #12,598 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #7,759 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #10,926 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #13,972 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #8,701 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #12,394 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #11,179 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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