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What does Easter mean?
Easter ▼ as a girls' name is of English origin, and the meaning of Easter is "Christian spring festival". Holiday name used as a Christian name mainly in the 19th century. Also possibly a variant of Esther. A more common Eastertide name is the French Pascale.
ENDS WITH -er
ASSOCIATED WITH spring, 19th century
Variations
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA ESTHER, PASCALE Eistir, Essie▼, Esta▼, Estee, Ester▼, Estera, Eszter, Ettey, Hester▼, Hesther
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Easter Davina (E.D.), ..
How popular is Easter?
Easter is a very popular first name for women (#1447 out of 4276, Top 34%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#2773 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Easter reached its top rank of #524 in the U.S. in the 1890s, but is not ranked at the moment. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Popular varying forms of Easter are Esther (#153 A YEAR AGO), Ester (#1747), Essie, Esta and Hester. These forms of Easter were favored as baby names in the 1900s (MEDIAN #312) and have become significantly less popular since (#1650, DOWN 88%).
Similar Names
Easter▼ is pronounced similarly to Wistar and Wister. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bader, Chanter, Eaden, Eadie, Earley, Eartha, Ehtel, Eimer, Elsbet, Else, Elsee, Elshe, Elsie▼, Elspet, Ember▲, Emer, Esme▲, Esmee, Estel, Estela, Estele, Estell▼, Etel, Gayner, Harper▲, Hesper, Hunter, Palmer▲, Parker▲, Roser, Tayler▼, Walker, Winter▲ and Wynter▲. These names tend to be less frequently used than Easter.
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