Hester

[MerlinsBeard87]

Dc3 on the way, sex unknown.
For a girl I like Hester as it's quite unusual.
Other names I like;
Josephine
Elizabeth

Middle name would either be Marion or Juliet.
What are people's thoughts on Hester?

Love Hester and also like your other choices :)

I love Hester! The hare in His Dark Materials has the name and is a wonderful character.

I'm not especially keen on Hester, but I like Josephine.

I like Hester! Also Elizabeth.

Not so keen on Josephine, but only because in general I don't like girls' names that are boys' names + -ine, -etta, etc.

I really like Hester. It's rarely used but has feisty sounds and lots of vintage charm for me. I think both Hester Juliet and Hester Marion are quite striking. Elizabeth and Josephine are good names too, but I like the bold choice of Hester.

Hester Juliet

Sorry OP but it always makes me think of Hester the molester from Catcher in the Rye. Maybe Esther?

I really like Hester. Good spot

Hester sounds like a maiden aunt to me, sorry.

It’s very old fashioned, in a staid sort of way.

I love the character of Hester Prynne, love the name and its association.

Hester is fab! I like Hester Juliet.

It makes me think of Hester Gray’s garden in the Avonlea books, which is a lovely association.

Hester Juliet. I love it.

Yuck, it's one of the few names I really dislike. It really grates on me and sound smoke such an ugly name! I think Josephine and Juliet are not great too.

Esther would be better. Hester really sounds awful.

Josephine and Elizabeth are lovely.

I love Elizabeth. Hester is ok.

Josephine will very quickly become Jo, which isn't great. I know several men and women, and now boys, called Jo/Joe. Very commonplace.

Sorry I think it's an ugly name but love the other two

No way. Hester the Jester?

How about Heather?

i find it sounds to much like fester but Josephine is a lovely name.

I think its a bit of an aged aunt who enjoys knitting and plays canasta type of mame.

Fester! Thats exactly what the name brings up for me.

Whey faced Puritan girl who reports her neighbour as being a witch and then seduces her husband.

Wow very divided opinions! For some reason I really don't like Esther it sounds completely different to me although so similar.
I like names from literature so those three names really appeal. There was a Hester who helped found the ashmolean and I'm a museum geek also.
Dh favourite is Josephine and I love little women so wouldn't mind Jo

Hester is a great name.. Frasier and Nile s Cranes mother in the sitcom Frasier..