Hester? (for a girl)

[skewiff]

Not due till April - so in no rush.

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

The well-known novelist John Irving's most famous book is 'A Prayer for Owen Meaney'.

Hester is the female love interest in that book and is known as 'Hester the Molester', for her massive interest in sex, from an early age.

Thank you for making me chuckle - all of you ...

I'm not sure about it myself yet. I liked it last time, but had a son. My partner says his great grandmother was called it - and I have a favourite book 'Precious Bane' and the heroine in that is called Hester.

BUT I do prefer Esther (only a good friend has a baby called that and it feels too weird to copy) and Hester does sound a bit hissy to me like a goose hissing, or a snake.

We'll see ...

I like it but it makes me think of Julia MacKenzie for some reason. Although that's not a bad thing, she's quite cute :)

I LOVE it!

Hester is beautiful.

Don't think so - Hazel, Fiver and a few others. No Hester, I don't think.

I don't like it, it reminds me of snakes.

i will try not to but hester the snake is very hungry today

I really like Hester. I know a teenage Hester and she pulls it off with aplomb.

I LOVE Hesper though, thanks to tinsel for reminding me :)

we have a cousin hester - known as 'hettie' lovely name :)

Love it. I have has 2 boys and a third on the way, but Hester is my long-standing girl's name. Will probably never get a chance to use it though!

I've only ever known one and she was a fab lady.
Lovely name

I know a Hester little girl but she is called the NN Hetty which is v pretty

I love it too!!

Wow, Hester really divides people, doesn't it?!

I love hester. I know a gorgeous 7 yr old hester so think of her not grannies!

I love hester!
It reminds me of the His Dark Materials books by Philip Pullman, one of the characters (cant remember his name)had a daemon called Hester and I remember sobbing when she died :(
(she took the form of a rabbit, which could be why a previous poster was thinking of rabbits?)

Love it! Unusual, but works for a child and a lady :0)

This is Hester, on the right with the ears :) Pretty sure she's a hare, not a rabbit.

I don't think it's a very pretty name really (sorry Hester) - but then don't like Esther either. That massive ST in the middle combined with the huffy H at the beginning, just sounds like a bit of a fussy, hard person.

But then people like Agatha, Augusta etc and want to use them for their little girls so what do I know?