Esfir or Esphyr ( is a Russian-language feminine given name, a form of the given name Esther. Notable people with the name include:
, Soviet writer, screenwriter, playwright, and journalist Esfir Dolzhenko, birth name of Svetlana Krachevskaya (born 1944), Soviet athlete Esfir Shub (1894–1959), Soviet filmmaker Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-born American artist, author, and illustrator (1908–2004), Soviet film editor
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