Name: Hester

Gender: Female

Usage: Hester, of persian origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.

People having the name Hester are in general originating from Greece, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Variants: For another variant of the name Hester across the world, see Esther.

Meaning: The meaning of the name Hester is: Star.

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Numerology of the first name Hester: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.

The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 3. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: expressive, imaginative, sociable, jovial, positive, optimistic, artistic.

Interpretation:
Qualities: Creative, Light-Hearted
Ruling planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, Lilac, Mauve
Gemstones: Amethyst

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The name Hester is ranked on the 6,209th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.

We estimate that there are at least 46300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Hester has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.

The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Hester for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:

The name day of Hester is 11 May.

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Hester is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name:

  • Hester Adrian, Baroness Adrian (1899-1966), British mental-health worker
  • Hester Bateman (bap. 1708–1794), English silversmith
  • Hester Chapone (1727–1801), British author
  • Hester Dowden (1868–1949), Irish spiritualist medium
  • Hester Dunn (b. 1944), Northern Irish former loyalist activist and writer
  • Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess Keith (1764-1857), British literary correspondent and intellectual
  • Hester Grenville, 1st Countess Temple (c. 1690–1752), English noblewoman
  • Hester Jane Haskins, American madam, procuress, and underworld figure
  • Hester Kaplan, American author
  • Hester Maclean (1859–1932), New Zealand nurse, editor and writer
  • Maria Hester Park (1760–1813), British composer, pianist, and singer
  • Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham (1720-1803), wife of William Pitt (the Elder), 1st Earl of Chatham, who was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768
  • Lady Hester Pulter (b. 1605), British writer
  • Catherine Hester Ralfe (ca. 1831–1912), New Zealand dressmaker, teacher, storekeeper, housekeeper and diarist
  • Hester Santlow (c.1690–1773), British dancer and actress
  • Lady Hester Stanhope (1776–1839), British socialite, adventurer and traveler
  • Hester Thrale (1741–1821), British diarist, author, and patron of the arts
  • Hester van Eeghen (b. 1958), Dutch designer
  • Hester Wagstaff (b. 1892), British jewellery designer, potter and illustrator

Surname:

  • Bart Hester (b. 1977) American politician
  • Benny Hester, American music artist and songwriter
  • Betty Hester (1923-1998), American correspondent
  • Carolyn Hester (b. 1937), American folk singer and songwriter
  • Dave Hester, star of A&E TV's Storage Wars
  • Devin Hester (b. 1982), American football player
  • Drew Hester (b. 1969), American percussionist and record producer
  • Eric Hester (b. 1974), American composer
  • Hugh B. Hester (1895-1983), American army officer
  • Jacob Hester (b. 1985), American football player
  • James McNaughton Hester (b. 1924), American educator
  • Jessie Hester (b. 1963), American football player
  • John Hester (b. 1983), American baseball player
  • Joy Hester (1920-1960), Australian artist
  • Kimberly Hester, American actress
  • Laurel Hester (1956–2006), American police officer and advocate of rights of domestic partners
  • Leigh Ann Hester (b. 1982), American soldier and Silver Star recipient
  • Lex Hester (1935–2000), American public administrator
  • Marc Hester (b. 1985), Danish professional bicycle racer
  • Michael Hester (b. 1972), Australian-born New Zealand association football referee
  • Paul Hester (1959-2005), Australian musician
  • Paul V. Hester (b. 1947), American Air Force officer
  • Phil Hester (comics) (b. 1966), comic book artist and writer
  • Phillip Doyce Hester (b. 1955), former chief technology officer of Advanced Micro Devices
  • Randolph T. Hester American professor, sociologist, and landscape architect
  • Rita Hester (d. 1998), transgender African American murder victim
  • Sandra Hester, American activist and former television host
  • Stephen Hester (b. 1960), CEO of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
  • Stephen Hester (professor), American sociologist and writer

Fictional characters:

  • Hester Latterly, main character of Anne Perry's Monk detective series
  • Hester Prynne, main character of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
  • The Character and Death of Mrs. Hester Ann Rogers, a 1794 Methodist tract
  • Hester Shaw, a character from Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines Quartet

English: variant of Esther, of medieval origin. For a long while the two forms were interchangeable, the addition or dropping of h- being commonplace in a whole range of words, but now they are generally regarded as two distinct names.

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