Is Hester a nice name?

[PlomBear]

DH says it sounds like Uncle Fester. He prefers Hestia.

It was in a book I was reading.

[dun1urkin]

I love it. But then she’s one of my faves from His Dark Materials
(Cried so much when they died)

[fascinated]

I thought of uncle fester too.

[LauraPalmersBodybag]

It’s lovely

[ThursdayLastWeek]

I love it because of Scoresby and Hester but I don’t think i would have been brave enough to use it on a real life human girl.

Perhaps Esther as an alternative.

[daisypond]

Lovely

[Angie6868]

I love it. Also Esther

[ichbineinstasumer]

no, ugly and hard sounding

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Love it. One of my family names.

[BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz]

Hester is a great one. The link to His Dark Materials for a start.

Love it.

[M0reGinPlease]

Love it!

[BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz]

(Cried so much when they died)

am only just starting book 2 and they are alive.

[Mandarinfish]

I prefer Hester to Hestia, but I prefer Esther to either of them.

[HildaSnibbs]

I also love it because of His Dark Materials. I think it's probably unusual these days but would not sound out of place with the kind of names that kids have at our school.

[eddiemairswife]

The adulteress in The Scarlet Letter.

[ZoeandChandon]

My first thought was Uncle Fester too.

[Stayawayfromitsmouth]

I like it. Makes me think of a quiet, seemingly mousy kind of girl with a quick wit when you get to know her.

[HerculesMulligan]

I know a fabulous Hester. I loved the name before I knew her and she's a good fit for it.

[Rugbycomet]

How about changing the spelling to Hesta?

[Whynosnowyet]

Estelle and Celeste are similar...

[strawberry2017]

Honestly I don't like it but then the one Hester I knew wasn't a very friendly person so that probably doesn't help

[Whatsyourflava]

Great name how about Hesper too with a “P” rather than “T”. Lovely meaning from what I remember

[Haybo26]

No.

[Chienloup]

It's a beautiful name.

[NotNowPlzz]

I hate it. Sounds like Fester.

[timetest]

It sounds old fashioned but in a good way.