Kester

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What do you think..? For a boy!

I mainly know this name from a Chalet School book - I randomly mentioned it when discussing names for the new baby with DH (I could do this all day long, he hates it , the poor thing), and he very unexpectedly liked it.

Jem warns Joey she can't call a future son Christopher as it's the old English version. Joey already has 6 at this point!

Sorry too much chalet info

There are literally thousands of good boy’s names, why are you making one up.
One day this will be a man who will need a CV and a job. Give him a sensible bloody name!

Kester isn't a made up name, you may not have heard or it but it is an old school name.

It’s lovely and I have only ever met one

I’d usually agree with you on the name threads @PortiasBiscuit, regarding made up names but this one isn’t

I went to school with a Kester. Not Scottish, not posh. Never had any issues with it all through school. I always thought it was quite nice.

@Bard6817 no it’s pronounced how it looks short ‘es’ sound. Doesn’t sound like Keester

No, it's a flat e. Imagine rhyming with bester or Hester

Love it

Love it. As a pp says, Kester Woodseeves is in Precious Bane and I've had a soft spot for the name Kester ever since I read it.

I like it. And I usually hate all name ideas on here!

Yup. As in "I'm gonna give you to the count of ten, to get your ugly, yella, no-good keester off my property, before I pump your guts full of lead!"

It's a no from me.

New to me, I like it.

Home alone?

But Kester doesn’t even sound vaguely like keister (bum). Keh-stur, key-stur.

I like it. It made me think of a different book. The main character in Piers Torday’s The Last Wild is called Kester.

Wasn't the nice therapist from My Mad Fat Diary named Kester? I like it!

Awful

There are no sounds in Kester that would make the Home Alone sound. That would need a ei, an ee or an ey?

I work with a Kester who is managing to get promoted just fine.

It's not a made-up name any more than Margaret is a made-up name.

I don't like it, but I love Kit.

I wanted dc3 to be Kit (full name Christopher) after a chao I used to work with/for, but DH vetoed. It 8s quite popular now

I know of one and she is a woman, but it seems it is usually (well, when used) a man's name.
I quite like it - easy to pronounce when you see it written somewhere and easy to spell - which are always plus points with names.
Certainly not going to be one of many in the class.

I know one, a young adult. He has a Scottish parent.
It is a really nice name I think.

I like it a lot. I've only ever met one, not Scottish but Northumbrian.

That's a new name for me and I really like it. Love Christopher anyway and this version is fresh and interesting.

@PortiasBiscuit I hate to tell you this but literally all names are made up