Esther spelling

[sleepykittycats]

I love the name Esther but hate the spelling, seems stupid to have a th in there that isn’t pronounced! Esta looks nicer and makes more sense, but would this be annoying for her? Would people assume it’s Esther?

Please don't.

If you really don’t want the TH, I’d go with Ester rather than Esta.

However I would personally go with the proper spelling

Same.

Esther or Ester are acceptable.
Other similar names are ..
Aster
Estelle

Ester is the name of a Persian queen who saves the Jewish population of Persia.

ESTA, as already said is a visa.

Which would you prefer to share your name with OP?

I also have a normal name with an abnormal spelling, well I did until I did a deed poll.

Esther is correct. It reflects accurately the origin of the name.

Just as some English letters can have different sounds (eg C = S or K) so can some Hebrew letters. Biblical names are often spelled with th because in ancient times ת (tav) could have the sound T or soft TH. Modern Hebrew has lost the TH sound entirely. Names like Matthew, Nathan, Bathsheba have retained that TH sound in modern English pronunciation, though not in other languages. Esther, for some reason, has lost the TH sound in English. It is not pronounced Es-ther or Est-her, but Ester.

You could call your dd a classic name you like, but use a yooneek spelling, or you could call her a different name you like and use a classic spelling. But this classic spelling is not wrong.

Oops typo, of course I mean Esther.

A dd had a friend called Polly Esther Cotton!

This thread is giving Michael McIntyre sketch vibes. Just spell it Esther or choose a different name. She’ll be in for a lifetime of spelling it out…

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Why not just stick with Esther, it’s a nice name. Esta really doesn’t look nicer.

Love Hester!

I would pronounce it EsTHer with the TH sound.
How would you pronounce Ethel (just out of interest) ? ETHel or Etel?

In relation to spelling names the way they're pronounced in your accent - would you spell Matthew "Mafyoo" if you use F instead of TH? Or Henry "Enry" if you drop the H? Or "Larar" for Lara with that extra R? Or Keith "Keet" or even "Keeh" if you're from Dublin?

The way names/words in general are spelled doesn't always represent the pronunciation in every dialect but the standardization remains to allow us all to know what word is what.

This all sounds very snarky, I mean it more to be a philosophical pondering on spelling vs pronunciation

Esta is Not Nice at all. Trying to be youneeq seldom works.

Esta is terrible, Esther is lovely although I’ve read it so many times now it doesn’t look like a word anymore!)
Just in case you want any other suggestions that are sort of similar (imo);
Etta
Aster
Hester
Astrid
Estelle
Aspen

Yore jus been cilli m8 😄.