Instead of Esther

Posted: Wed, Jun 15 2011, 4:26 pm Post subject: Instead of Esther

What name could I use instead of Esther? The obvious (Hadassa) is not an option.

Posted: Wed, Jun 15 2011, 4:28 pm Post subject: re: Instead of Esther

Malka
Estrit (I know of one)
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Posted: Wed, Jun 15 2011, 5:23 pm Post subject: re: Instead of Esther

Hodes (Hudes), Hodesa (Hudesa), Hodel (Hudel) and Hodya (Hudya) were all once popular variants of Hadassa...
And then you have Saleva and Salva (don't ask me why), Stera (spelled like "Stira" as in "contradiction") etc.
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Posted: Wed, Jun 15 2011, 5:44 pm Post subject: re: Instead of Esther

Ishtar, Astar, I've seen both.
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Posted: Wed, Jun 15 2011, 6:00 pm Post subject: re: Instead of Esther

Estella, Estelle, Stella?

Posted: Wed, Jun 15 2011, 6:46 pm Post subject: re: Instead of Esther

since hadassah is esther

the meaning of hadassah is a flower or rose

so you can go that route of using a name having to do with a flower

Posted: Wed, Jun 15 2011, 6:59 pm Post subject: re: Instead of Esther

what's the problem with Esther?

Posted: Wed, Jun 15 2011, 7:26 pm Post subject: Re: re: Instead of Esther

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Are you looking for a feminine Purim-themed name other than Esther or Hadassah?

If that's what you're thinking, how about

Nisa, Nesya (miracle)
Yaira (feminine of Mordechai's father's name)
Shoshana (as in Shoshanas Yaakov)
Matana

I'm sure other people can come up with some other options along this line, again assuming that this is what you're thinking of.

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My daughter is Esther, and we sometimes call her Esterri/Terry
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Posted: Wed, Jun 15 2011, 10:05 pm Post subject:

Op here. We can't use Esther because its my grandmother's name but my dh's grandmother passed away and it was also her name. Hadassa is a siblings name so I don't want to use that. Its not Purim related so I don't want to go that route.
Thanks everyone for all your suggestions! Any other ideas?

Posted: Wed, Jun 15 2011, 10:52 pm Post subject: re: Instead of Esther

sterna has same meaning

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would you go for the name Estreya?. It means star. I've heard of a few of those and some are called Esther-although not at all related in root.

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Hi, I feel so connected to this question. I'll tell you my little story: my grandmother's name was Matov, and I really wanted to name my daughter after her since she passed. But as our rav said that Matov is not a Jewish name, Matov translates 'moon light' from Tadjik's (Middle Asia) language, so he suggested several names- Esther, Elinor, Elisheva, Mazal, Tova, and Im Shalom. Since Matov means moon light, we chose Elinor which means 'Hashem is my light' light light same. I spelled Elinor with I because I did not want it to be the English Eleanor. I don't know if this helps you, but I thought it would be cute to share the story.
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Posted: Thu, Jun 16 2011, 4:38 am Post subject: re: Instead of Esther

we called our son the same name as one of my brothers. it's not a problem at all. Actually both our sons.

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Ettel (Etty) is a derivative from Esther.

Posted: Thu, Jun 16 2011, 5:51 am Post subject: re: Instead of Esther

Maybe a name that embodies one of the deceased's middot?