I heard that her symbols (like the egg and the bunny) represented fertility and sex. And after Constantine decided to Christianize the Empire, Easter was changed to represent Jesus, and that Ishtar is also pounced as Easter.

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I found this on some forum and there was a reply that stated the following:-

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This is untrue. “Most scholars believe that Easter gets its name from Eostre or Ostara**, a Germanic pagan goddess. English and German are two of the very few languages that use some variation of the word Easter (or, in German, Ostern) as a name for this holiday. Most other European languages use one form or another of the Latin name for Easter, Pascha, which is derived from the Hebrew Pesach, meaning Passover. In French it’s Pâques, in Italian it’s Pasqua, in Dutch it’s Pasen, in Danish it’s Paaske, in Bulgarian it’s Paskha, and so on and so forth.”

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So can anyone confirm please and thanks