Name Hester - meaning, origin, numerology

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

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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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