How to write “Esther” in Korean
에스터 e-seu-teo
What Korean friends call you
- 에스터야 e-seu-teo-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 에스터 씨 e-seu-teo-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Esther
- 에스터 10 (56%)
- 에스더 8 (44%)
Korean labels of 18 people named Esther on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Esther, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Esther Williams — 에스터 윌리엄스
- Esther Brand — 에스터 브랜드
- Esther Ralston — 에스터 랠스턴
- Esther McVey — 에스터 맥베이
75,524 babies were named Esther in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 594th most common name.
Block by block
- 에 = ㅇ + ㅔ · 4 strokes
- 스 = ㅅ + ㅡ · 3 strokes
Also in 스: Christopher 크리스토퍼 · Nicholas 니콜라스 · James 제임스
- 터 = ㅌ + ㅓ · 5 strokes
에스터 takes 12 strokes in all.
More names: Reginald 레지널드 · Shelly 셸리 · Ivy 아이비 · Jodi 조디 · Liliana 릴리아나
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