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Estera

Girl · es-TEH-ra · Persian

Estera is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “star”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies).

What does Estera mean?

Persian: Romanian and Polish form of Esther

“star”

Romanian and Polish form of Esther, the biblical queen.

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es-TEH-ra

Is Estera a girl's or a boy's name?

Estera is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Estera in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,076among girls
Babies in 2025
14about 1 in 20,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 18% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Estera, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 36 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Estera than any year since 2012.

Half of all the girls named Estera in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.

2004Busiest: 36 in 20162025
Estera in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202514#2,076
202427#1,288
202325#1,360
202222#1,485
202122#1,491
202017#1,780
201929#1,220
201834#1,098
201722#1,541
201636#1,056
201521#1,581
201417#1,810
201315#1,964
20128#3,148
201112#2,265
201014#2,004
200913#2,037
20083#5,772
20073#5,415
20060–
20050–
20047#2,669

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