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Essie

Essie means "Persian, star" and comes from Persian, giving it real etymological depth as a girl's name. It belongs mostly to the 1920s at this point. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. The name's best year yet was 1919.

EtymologyDiminutive of Esther
PersianPersian – "star"
Births by decade
1900s
4,549
1910s
8,239
1920s
9,225
1930s
5,550
1940s
3,855
1950s
2,388
1960s
912
1970s
362
1980s
246
1990s
151
2000s
83
2010s
214
Peaked in the 1920s · 35,774 total U.S. births since 1900