Essie
Name list
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Essie is a given name and nickname/hypocorism usually used as a feminine name.
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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, Jessica, 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
- Essie Ackland (1896–1975), Australian singer
- Essie Coffey (1940–1998), Australian Muruwari woman, co-founder of the Western Aboriginal Legal Service
- Essie Davis (born 1970), Australian actress
- Essie Garrett (1947–2014), American ultramarathon runner and instructor
- Essie Jain, English indie singer-songwriter
- Essie Jenyns (1864–1920), Australian stage actress
- Essie Kelley (born 1957), American former middle-distance runner
- Essie Pinola Parrish (1902–1979), Native American spiritual leader and basket weaver
- Essie Wick Rowland (1871–1957), American socialite
- Essie Shevill (1908–1989), Australian cricketer
- Essie Summers (1912–1998), New Zealand author
- Essie Mae Washington-Williams (1925–2013), the oldest child of the late United States Senator Strom Thurmond
- Essie Weingarten (born 1949), founder of Essie Cosmetics, Ltd
- Essie Whitman (c. 1887 – 1963), one of the Whitman Sisters black vaudeville stars
Men
- Essie Hollis (born 1955), American retired basketball player
- Essie Sakhai, Iranian-born British expert on Persian carpets and oriental rugs
Fictional characters
- Essie Harrison, on the British medical drama series Holby City
