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GirlPronounced American English /ˈhɛs.təɹ/; British English /ˈhɛs.tə/; Dutch /ˈɦɛs.tər/Dutch language family

Hester

Latin form of Esther.

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Hester is a girl name.

Pronunciation: American English /ˈhɛs.təɹ/; British English /ˈhɛs.tə/; Dutch /ˈɦɛs.tər/.

GenderGirl
PronunciationAmerican English /ˈhɛs.təɹ/; British English /ˈhɛs.tə/; Dutch /ˈɦɛs.tər/
Language familyDutch

Meaning and history

Latin form of Esther. Like Esther, it has been used in England since the Protestant Reformation. Nathaniel Hawthorne used it for the heroine of his novel The Scarlet Letter (1850), Hester Prynne, a Puritan woman forced to wear a red letter A on her chest after giving birth to a child out of wedlock.

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Usage: english, dutch, biblical latin

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