Girl · English pet form of a Persian name
Essie
Say it: ES-ee
Meaning
A pet form of Esther, a Persian-derived name usually linked to 'star' or to the goddess Ishtar; neither is certain.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Common in the United States from about 1880 to 1920.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 40,635 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1904, about 1 in 603 girls
- 33 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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