English translation/equivalent: Esther

Origin: The Hebrew name 'Ester is the adaptation of the Assiro-Babylonian Ishtar, "goddess," which then became the name of the goddess of love and fecundity and assimilated into Aphrodite.

Name Day/Onomastico: July 1—in memory of Esther, Queen of Babylon.

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