Ësthër
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ësthër is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country. In Qatar it is the 2nd most common given name. Recorded meaning: Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr), from Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 143(inferred from the name graph)
- ESSpain1 in 696
- USUnited States1 in 2.5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ësthër itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- #368 (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 424 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 143 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,500,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nigeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Esther in ES Spain, US United States, BR Brazil and 1 more and אסתר in IL Israel, QA Qatar.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Ancient GreekἘσθήρEsthḗr(measured from records)
- Biblical Hebrewאֶסְתֵּר(measured from records)
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr), from Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר.
Sources 5
- A concise dictionary of first names
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- Wiktionary
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
- Nordic Names
Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ësthër counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | #929 | ≈1,500,000 est. | ≈1 in 143 | listed | Esther | 65 |
| BR Brazil | #693 | 176,238as Ester | 1 in 1.2K | 176K | Esther | 148 |
| US United States | — | 131,090 | 1 in 2.5K | 131K | Esther | 424 |
| ES Spain | #60 | 71,876 | 1 in 696 | 73K | Esther | 225 |
| HU Hungary | — | 59,971as Eszter | 1 in 163 | 60K | — | 3 |
| IL Israel | #10 | ≈47,000 est. | ≈1 in 186 | 61 | אסתר | 77 |
| QA Qatar | #2 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 144 | — | אסתר | 17 |
| SE Sweden | — | 16,702as Ester | 1 in 611 | 17K | — | 26 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CBS Israel — Names given to babies (1949–present); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ësthër mean, and where does it come from?
- Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr), from Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and 3 other sources.
- Is Ësthër a male or female name?
- Ësthër is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Ësthër have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.5 million people named Ësthër in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled esther.
- How common is the name Ësthër?
- In the United States, the national register counted 131,090 people named Ësthër in 2020, about 1 in 2.5 thousand residents.
- How common is Ësthër compared with other names?
- In Nigeria, Ësthër is the 929th most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/%C3%ABsth%C3%ABrThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ësthër” — the 929th most common given name in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.