Nester Family History
Nester Name Meaning
German: presumably a topographic name from Middle High German nest ‘nest hideout home’ or in some cases a habitational name for someone from Nest a place near Köslin in eastern Germany. Irish: variant of Nestor Ukrainian Belorussian Polish and Rusyn (from Poland): from a vernacular form of the personal name Nestor 2 and its Ukrainian standard form Nestir.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022