Essie

Essie

Essie

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This article is about the given name. For the unincorporated community, see Essie, Kentucky. For the hot dog shop, see Essie's Original Hot Dog Shop. For the brand of nail polish, see L'Oréal.

Essie is a given name and nickname/hypocorism usually used as a feminine name.

Look up Essie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

As a standalone name, Essie can be found in several languages, including Romance, Germanic, and Persian ones. In each case, the name means "star."[1]

As a nickname, it is used as a short form of several names, including Esther, Estelle, Estella, Estrella, Chreistos Chrestus, Celeste, Leslie, Lesley, Estefania, Elizabeth, Estabella and Esmeralda.[1][2]

In the United States, the name reached its greatest popularity in the 1890s, peaking as the 139th most popular name for girls born during that decade.[3]

People

Women

Men

  • Essie Hollis (born 1955), American retired basketball player
  • Essie Sakhai, Iranian-born British expert on Persian carpets and oriental rugs

Fictional characters

References

  1. [1]
    "Essie name meaning". SheKnows. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. [2]
    Norman, Tessa (July 2003). A World of Baby Names. New York: Perigree. p. 358. ISBN 0-399-52894-6.
  3. [3]
    Glassman, Genny (9 March 2018). "35 Old-Fashioned Nicknames for Girls That Make Charming First Names". TheStir. CafeMom. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
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