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Kester

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CatLoaf · 10/01/2023 14:29

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.

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stressedlandlord · 10/01/2023 22:10

I like it. My neighbour is called Kester. He is a fabulously eccentric elderly man, who is building his own house, using tools he has made himself. He is really super

Insomnia23 · 10/01/2023 22:31

Sounds made up

IhearyouClemFandango · 10/01/2023 22:40

🤦‍♂️

RambamThankyouMam · 10/01/2023 22:48

Court Jester / kestrel / molester.

Awful name.

Nicecow · 10/01/2023 22:49

Sounds like Chester (which is an old man name). Sorry, no

Fivebeanchilli · 10/01/2023 22:50

I like it. I'm sure I read a book with it in (not the chalet school I don't think).
It would put me off that some people might mishear Chester though.

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CatLoaf · 11/01/2023 21:18

PortiasBiscuit · 10/01/2023 18:04

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!

Ohh, this response has really made me like it more @PortiasBiscuit 😃 Sensible bloody names my keister. (Also, I give not a shit about this 'link', as sounds nothing like Kester...)

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HoldingTheDoor · 11/01/2023 21:30

It's awful and makes me think of arses. It does sound very like Keister imo,

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CatLoaf · 11/01/2023 21:43

Imo it doesn't

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Cinnamonandcoal · 20/01/2023 22:25

Never heard it before but really like it.

woodhill · 20/01/2023 22:27

Kester was also a character in Wheel of Fortune by Susan Howatch I think

JammiDodgers · 20/01/2023 22:28

RambamThankyouMam · 10/01/2023 22:48

Court Jester / kestrel / molester.

Awful name.

😆

BlockedbyHfromSteps · 20/01/2023 22:30

Makes me think of uncle Fester “gone wrong” from the Addams Family.

So a hard no from me.

BloodAndFire · 20/01/2023 22:34

There is a weird Christian journalist called Kester Brewin. I've never heard it otherwise.

It sounds to me like one of those names you consider when you're quite heavily pregnant and a bit nuts 😉

Mydogatemypurse · 20/01/2023 22:34

Kes the bird

piedbeauty · 20/01/2023 22:36

Whataretheodds · 10/01/2023 14:50

It's a Scottish version of Christopher.

I like it.

Is it? Never heard of it.

mum2jakie · 20/01/2023 22:36

Kester is also the main character in the Last Wild (recent children's book.) It's the only time I've come across the name before but I like it.

Quinque · 20/01/2023 22:40

I really like it. There's a beautiful place on Dartmoor called Kestor Rock.

MilkshakesBringAllTheCoosToTheYard · 20/01/2023 22:41

I love it, and I get the CS reference too. When I re-read the Chalet school books I often ponder if Kester Bellevere is actually Kester's dad. I totally would have done, Jem's a dick.

But anyway, as you were.

Beautiful name.

SchoolTripDrama · 20/01/2023 22:45

Oh please, please don't. It's so cringeworthy it hurts

BillyNighysWife · 20/01/2023 22:45

I really like it!

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 21/01/2023 06:03

nancy75 · 10/01/2023 14:59

I went to school with a Kester, he would be about 47 now, I've never met or heard of another one. He had a very hippy family

Sounds like the one I know! In the NE of England by any chance?

Verbena87 · 21/01/2023 06:08

It makes me think of ‘fester’ (but maybe because the only one I knew was an awful person and associations can really stick)

RedHelenB · 21/01/2023 06:09

CatLoaf · 10/01/2023 14:29

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.

First thoughts on reading the thread title was it was like someone trying to be edgy with Chester.

ForeverMessy456 · 21/01/2023 06:37

Sorry my first thought was Fester like Addams family