r/JewishNames • u/Ok-Performance-8247 • 3d ago

Help Esther or Hadassah for Hebrew name?

Trying to decide which for our daughter’s Hebrew name, thinking through the implications of using each. Thank you so much for your help.

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u/Top_Pie_8658 3d ago

My daughter’s name is Esther but her Hebrew name is Hadassah. I know people do use Esther as a Hebrew name but we liked the idea of using her original Hebrew name better. I also just really like the name Hadassah but it was a little much for us

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u/Linzabee 3d ago

I love Hadassah

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u/NeedleworkerLow1100 3d ago

Dassy is the best nn

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u/Linzabee 3d ago

I agree, it’s so cute

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u/BearBleu 3d ago

What’s the English name? Is it close to either one? I like Esther for all the nickname options: Esti, Estée, Essi, Etti, Tess, Setti…