Essie is a given name and nickname/
hypocorism usually used as a feminine name.
As a standalone name, ''Essie'' can be found in several languages, including Romance, Germanic, and Persian ones. In each case, the name means "star."
As a nickname, it is used as a short form of several names, including ''
Esther'', ''
Estelle'', ''Celeste'', ''Leslie'', ''Lesley'', and ''Esmeralda''.
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.
People
Women
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Essie Ackland (1896–1975), Australian singer
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Essie Coffey (1940–1998), Australian Muruwari woman, co-founder of the Western Aboriginal Legal Service
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Essie Davis (born 1970), Australian actress
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Essie Garrett (1947–2014), American ultramarathon runner and instructor
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Essie Jain, English indie singer-songwriter
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Essie Jenyns
Essie Jenyns (5 October 1864 – 6 August 1920) was an Australian actress best known for her Shakespearean roles.
Birth and early life
Elizabeth Esther Ellen Jennings was born in Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland in 1864. Her father, Charles Rober ...
(1864–1920), Australian stage actress
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Essie Kelley (born 1957), American former middle-distance runner
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Essie Pinola Parrish (1902–1979), Native American spiritual leader and basket weaver
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Eslanda Goode Robeson, (1896–1965) wife and business manager of Paul Robeson
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Essie Wick Rowland (1871–1957), American socialite
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Essie Shevill
Essie Shevill (6 April 1908 – 19 October 1989) was an Australian cricketer. Shevill played three Test matches for the Australia national women's cricket team
The Australian women's national cricket team (formerly also known as the Souther ...
(1908–1989), Australian cricketer
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Essie Summers (1912–1998), New Zealand author
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Essie Mae Washington-Williams (1925–2013), the oldest child of the late United States Senator Strom Thurmond
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Essie Weingarten (born 1949), founder of Essie Cosmetics, Ltd
* Essie Whitman (c. 1887 – 1963), one of the
Whitman Sisters black vaudeville stars
Men
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Essie Hollis (born 1955), American retired basketball player
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Essie Sakhai, Iranian-born British expert on Persian carpets and oriental rugs
Fictional characters
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Essie Harrison, on the British medical drama series ''Holby City''
References
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Hypocorisms