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Hester? (for a girl)

46 replies

skewiff · 15/12/2010 22:17

Not due till April - so in no rush.

Just wondered what people might think of girl's name Hester ...

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GnocchiGnocchiWhosThere · 15/12/2010 22:18

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MistleToad · 15/12/2010 22:18

Images of an old lady who smells of wee and lives in a run down house with 50 cats......

Minione · 15/12/2010 22:22

Colleague has just named her baby this, i thimk its lovely!

BelligerentYhoULE · 15/12/2010 22:23

LOVE it.

ShoppingDays · 15/12/2010 22:24

Not keen, sorry. Esther is much nicer.

gobbledegoop · 15/12/2010 22:30

nope

WintervalPansy · 15/12/2010 22:31

Like it.

Sidge · 15/12/2010 22:33

I prefer Esther.

hester · 15/12/2010 22:40

It couldn't be more fab Smile

ThinneverVetch · 15/12/2010 23:06

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clumsymumsnowdriftbaby · 16/12/2010 00:04

love,love,love it!

DO it please !!Grin

DioneTheDiabolist · 16/12/2010 00:06

Not keen. Is this not a boy's name?

DioneTheDiabolist · 16/12/2010 00:07

Although I may be thinking of Heston.

A1980 · 16/12/2010 00:09

Images of an old lady who smells of wee and lives in a run down house with 50 cats......

Ha ha ha ha!

My thoughts exactly. Hester is awful. It never ceases to amaze me how people want to ngive a beautiful new born girl an ugly granny name.

BaronessBomburst · 16/12/2010 00:13

Beautiful name. If you like it, go with it.

SevenAgainstThebes · 16/12/2010 00:19

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snowyweather · 16/12/2010 00:22

No no no no no no no no no no no no no no!

Please. Don't do it.

RumourOfAHurricane · 16/12/2010 00:24

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nooka · 16/12/2010 06:29

I'm afraid it makes me think of Hester the Molester. But you'd probably need to be a John Irving fan for that to be an issue.

HonestyBox · 16/12/2010 06:38

Love it.

littlehedgehog · 16/12/2010 06:45

Don't like it

tinselthechaffinch · 16/12/2010 07:12

Like it, but like Hesper even better.

AllieW · 16/12/2010 09:52

It's ok (and def a girl's name - Biblical I think). As for others, I do tend to prefer Esther, though.

LetThereBeRock · 16/12/2010 10:27

It's awful. Esther is much nicer.

DandyDan · 16/12/2010 10:49

Hester - fantastic: The Scarlet Letter and even better, Hester from the Mortal Engines series by Philip Reeve - a really brilliant and unusual heroine.