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The girl's name Hester \he(s)-ter\ is pronounced HESS-ter. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "star". Variant of Esther. Literary: Hester Prynne is the much put-upon heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "The Scarlett Letter". Hester has 4 variant forms: Hesther, Hestia, Hettie and Hetty. For more information, see also the related name Asta. Hester is a very common first name for women (#938 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#823 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census) Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl name Hester. Compare Hester with its variant forms and related girl names.
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