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Kester?

44 replies

ShortButNotSweet · 08/07/2009 21:12

What do you think of the name Kester (for a boy, obviously)?

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suwoo · 08/07/2009 21:13

I hate to be rude, but it's awful. Sorry.

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ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 08/07/2009 21:14

dreadful sorry

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janeite · 08/07/2009 21:14

I don't like it at all. Sorry.

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sazlocks · 08/07/2009 21:14

hideous - sorry
Is it made up ?

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Tamarto · 08/07/2009 21:14

Not for me.

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wuglet · 08/07/2009 21:14

I think it's nice

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differentID · 08/07/2009 21:15

I like Kester. There was a Kester in my sisters year at school. Quite a nice kid.

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NintyZelda · 08/07/2009 21:15

Sorry, not one for me, have to agree with suwoo

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wuglet · 08/07/2009 21:15

and not made up - is a diminutive of Christopher

(I only know this from Chalet School books!)

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differentID · 08/07/2009 21:15

Kester is an old English version of Christopher.

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EachPeachPearMum · 08/07/2009 21:16

Love, love LOVE it! but DH vetoed...

It is not made up...

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ShortButNotSweet · 08/07/2009 21:20

No, not made up. Diminutive of Christopher.

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IwishIwasmoreorganised · 08/07/2009 21:20

Dreadful.

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janeite · 08/07/2009 21:22

Somebody suggested Kit a few days ago, as a shortening of Christopher. I like that much more.

Sorry EachPeach!

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HumphreyCobbler · 08/07/2009 21:32

I know it from the Chalet school books too. There are loads of us obsessives out there...

I think it is quite nice actually.

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Bonneville · 08/07/2009 21:39

Awful name. Sounds made-up.
Made me think immediately of uncle Fester.

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worley · 08/07/2009 21:54

ditto bonneville, what i was going to write but she had already said it!

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ravenAK · 08/07/2009 21:59

There's a rather creepy & manipulative Kester (based on Richard II) in a quite good Susan Howatch novel - that'd put me off.

Christopher with Kit for short?

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MrsEricBana · 08/07/2009 22:08

Yup me too re Uncle Fester - as soon as I read title I thought of Adams Family - sorry. Love Kit.

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limonchik · 08/07/2009 22:11

I really like it!

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SlartyBartFast · 08/07/2009 22:13

nope

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duchesse · 08/07/2009 22:20

It's not made up, it's Old Testament.

fwiw I know a 9 yr old called this. He keeps his hair very long and is very often mistaken for a girl because nobody has ever heard of the name before.

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BayeauxT · 09/07/2009 09:31

I knew a Kester at school - like it much!

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missmem · 09/07/2009 09:33

Truly awful

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harpsichordcarrier · 09/07/2009 09:33

I think it is lovely
mainly because as a child I was in love with Kester Woodseaves the weaver from Precious Bane

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