Esta
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Esta by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Esta. In the US, 10 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 117 babies in 1920, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Esta
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Esta. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ettagracious one; a form of Henrietta338 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eshadesire or wish27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Estystar; a diminutive of Esther10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Esrathe night journey; Islamic reference34 in England and Wales (2025)
- Esmalofty or exalted; a form of Asma12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Estistar; Hebrew name used in modern contexts7 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Esta
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