Eszter
Eszter is a female Hungarian given name of Hebrew origin and may refer to:Eszter Balint, singer, violinist, and actress Eszter Csákányi, Hungarian actress Eszter Hargittai, communication scholar at the University of Zurich Eszter Hollosi, Budapest-born actress and director Eszter Krutzler, female weightlifter from Hungary Eszter Mátéfi, Hungarian handball player who competed in the 1996 Summer…
- Hungarian
Meaning & Origin of Eszter
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Eszter is a female Hungarian given name of Hebrew origin and may refer to:Eszter Balint, singer, violinist, and actress Eszter Csákányi, Hungarian actress Eszter Hargittai, communication scholar at the University of Zurich Eszter Hollosi, Budapest-born actress and director Eszter Krutzler, female weightlifter from Hungary Eszter Mátéfi, Hungarian handball player who competed in the 1996 Summer…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hungarian
The Story of Eszter
American parents first put Eszter on the record books as a baby girl name in 2010, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2010, when 5 Eszters were born — ranking #16,991 that year. Eszter last appeared in the published SSA data in 2010, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Eszter
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Eszter. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Eszti
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About the name Eszter
Eszter is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2010 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Eszter's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #16,991. Use the chart and map above to compare Eszter's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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