| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 538.1 | Auspicious name... | IOSG::THOMPSONR | Nostalgia isn't what it used to be | Fri Jun 08 1990 12:30 | 6 |
| According to my book on babynames, Esther means 'good fortune', but then this is
the same book that says 'Cameron' means 'crooked nose'!!
I have never heard of any nicknames and I think it's a lovely name.
[Ruth]
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| 538.2 | Esti? | CHCLAT::HAGEN | Please send truffles! | Fri Jun 08 1990 15:29 | 5 |
| Isn't Esti (as in Esti Lauder) a nickname for Esther? If not, you could
make it one.
� �ori
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| 538.3 | Don't mean to be picky but..... | IOSG::THOMPSONR | Nostalgia isn't what it used to be | Mon Jun 11 1990 05:53 | 7 |
| Re: .2
Don't you mean Estee' Lauder (The French cosmetic company)?!!! That is
not a nickname for Esther - it is a French name in it's own right
(whether or not it is their equivalent of Esther I don't know...)
[Ruth]
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| 538.4 | Why not? | JAIMES::BARRL | Rainbow Connection | Mon Jun 11 1990 15:54 | 5 |
| My sister-in-law's brother has a little girl named Esther and they call
her Esti. So I guess you could say that Esti is the nick name for
Esther.
Lori B. (All my friends call me "Lor")
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| 538.5 | Origin of Esther | WAV13::STEINHART | Toto, I think we're not in Kansas anymore | Mon Jun 18 1990 12:39 | 6 |
| You can read the story of Esther in the Book of Esther in the bible.
She was a great heroine of the Jewish people by saving them from
destruction by an evil king. The story is celebrated in the Jewish
holiday Purim which occurs around February, with much merriment.
Laura
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| 538.6 | Ester is an old Persian name. | JEREMY::RIVKA | | Tue Jun 26 1990 09:17 | 8 |
| re:: .5
You're right about the name (the evil was not the king though,but his
"right hand"-Hamman.
Some nicknames for Esther that are used here in Israel (Esther is quite
a popular name around here) are: Esti,Etti,Etta etc.
Chris-great choice.Mazal Tov.
Rivka
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| 538.7 | Somewhere in Nowhere | SKYWAY::RASCHER | | Fri Jul 06 1990 10:23 | 9 |
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My sisters' name is also Esther - and we called her always Esti
Here in Switzerland you hear it often and always is the nickname
Esti. Where it comes from - I've been tought somewhere in the
middle-east like Persia.
Beat
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