Is Est(h)er A jewish name?

Question

I'm just asking. My names ESTER, without the 'h', yeah i don't like it either, haha, but i'm not jewish, so i was just wondering..

Answer 1

Esther    

First name origin & meaning:

Persian: Star

First name variations: Ester, Esthur, Eszter, Esta, Essie, Ettie, Hester, Hesther, Hettie

Last name origins & meanings:

French and Jewish: metronymic from the female name Esther, from Hebrew Ester, the name borne in the Bible by a Jewish captive of the Persian King Ahasuerus. According to the Biblical story, she became his favorite concubine and by her wise persuasion managed to save the Jews of Persia from the machinations of the royal counselor Haman. Her name is probably a derivative of Persian esther ‘star’.

German: habitational name from any of various places in Bavaria named Ester.

Answer 2

UK answer.

Esther

Biblical: name borne in the Bible by a Jewish captive who became the wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus. According to the book of the Bible that bears her name, she managed, by her perception and persuasion, to save large numbers of the Jews from the evil machinations of the royal counsellor Haman. Her Hebrew name was Hadassah “myrtle”, and the form Esther is said to be a Persian translation of this, although others derive it from Persian stara star. It may also be a Hebrew form of the name of the Persian goddess Ishtar. Cognates: Scandinavian and E. European: Ester. Hungarian: Eszter. Irish Gaelic: Eistir.

hope this helps.

Answer 3

it's origins are Jewish-  but just because your name is that of a Jewish origin- don't mean that you are--  my name is that of a poisonous flower-hmm..I'm not a flower..  lol