What is the meaning of the name Esther?
Esther /es-ther/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced ESS-ter. It is of Persian origin, and the meaning of Esther is myrtle, bride; star.Biblical: a young beautiful Hebrew woman who became the wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus, and risked herself to save her people.Jews celebrate the festival of Purim in memory of her.Her Hebrew name was Hadassah meaning both myrtle and bride, and the form Esther is a Persian translation of it.It could also derive from Persian stara meaning star, or be a Hebrew form of the name of the Persian goddess of love and fertility Ishtar.sther /es-ther/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced ESS-ter. It is of Persian origin, and the meaning of Esther is myrtle, bride; star.