Esther (disambiguation)
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Esther is a given name. It may derive from the Persian stara (star) but is otherwise associated with the Hebrew Hadassah (bride). It is also suggested that it derives from Ishtar, Babylonian-Assyrian goddess of love. It was adopted as an English name in the 17th Century.
Diminutive forms are: Ess, Essa, Esta, Ester, Ettie, Etty, Hester, Hettie.
It may refer to:
- Book of Esther is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)
- Esther is the heroine of Book of Esther
- Esther is the title of a drama by Jean Racine (1689)
- Esther (oratorio) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel (1718)
- Esther: A Novel is a novel by Henry Adams (1884)
- Esther (car) is a Lotus 7-inspired car made in Ugglerum, Sweden
- Esther (Madonna) is the name adopted by the pop singer Madonna in 2004
- Esther, Missouri is the former name of Park Hills, Missouri.
- Esther Baxter is the name of a Hip Hop videogirl
- Esther was a 1996 television talk show hosted by Esther Rantzen
- Hurricane Esther, a 1961 hurricane that affected the U.S. East Coast
- I am not Esther, a book by New Zealand writer Fleur Beale
- Esther, a female character in the Christian-themed game, Forgiveness: The First Chapter
- Esther Greenwood, the protagonist in Sylvia Plath's semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar.
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