I love the name everyone else hates..

[duffy7]

I love love the name Esther. But I’ve been told it’s a grandma name and it sounds horrible. I have loved this name for years and it’s honestly so crushing to hear but I need honest opinions, is the name Esther bad?

I love the name Esther and see it as a classic rather than 'old lady chic'.

Awww, I actually quite like that name. It is kind of an older person's name, but lots of names like this are making a comeback. I know little girls under 5 called Olive, Mabel, Nora, Nancy, Hilda, Audrey, and Violet.

Bit of a mistake telling people @duffy7 If you'd waited til the baby was born, and said 'meet baby Esther' people would have been very unlikely to say 'urgh, what a shit name!!!'' 😖

I mean, I don’t like it. It’s kind of lispy. But that’s just me.

I like it!

I love it and wanted this for my first born but DH didn’t. I prefer Esther to Hester because the local accent drops the aitch.
I like Esther Grace.

I like it

It's a fine name. One of those biblical name I would say is a classic.

I really dislike Hester though. Maybe some sort of association with a child I didn't like, I think.

I have a lovely "auntie" Esther, my late mum's best friend, she is one of the kindest, gentle person i I have ever known so for that reason I think it's a beautiful name 💖

Love it. It’s pretty, classic and will suit all ages

agree with not discussing baby names (unless those people aren’t dicks) it does make me laugh when a relative talks as if they have skin in the game, “oh no I don’t like that” ah ok noted aunt Deborah, I’ll cross it off the list

Lovely name. I knew and Ester 20 years ago - so she must be 40 ish now. Very cool woman... lots of tattoos, mad hair... the name suited her so I've never thought of it as 'granny'.
And for granny names I know small children called: Agnes, Enid, Maple, Mable, Rose, Patty, Peggy, Olive... the granny list goes on! like the cast of 'Last of the Summer Wine' round here!

I love it. Doesn’t make me think of old ladies at all, the only Esther I’ve known was a toddler. I think of the story from the bible and the Jewish Purim festival

So not going to help now the horse has bolted but in future - never never never tell people the name before the baby comes. People will tell
you their opinions on a name before baby is here but don’t tend to after you have already named your child: what about Estelle?

If you love the name you should go for it imo. The issue with telling people early is they give you their unwanted opinions…

It's an absolutely beautiful name, and classic. She was a strong character in the Bible.
Saying something is a "Grandma name" is so stupid, because fashions change in names.

I am a bit baffled why some rather awful old lady names have come back and this hasn't.

I think it has a pretty sound and I especially like it as I know an Esther who is my age but a total gem. Intelligent, funny and full of courage.

I work with an Esther, she’s from Ghana and a very nice person.

I like it because it's a strong name, I personally don't like the fashion for ditzy girls names like Lottie, Dottie, Maisie, Daisy, Missy, Poppy etc.

Esther’s a solid classic, not prone to faddishness. Nothing wrong with that!

If you and Baby's father both love it, use it.
Personally, I think it's a great name.
Just don't share any more choices with people who frankly don't have a say in naming your baby.

The only Esther I 'knew' (I was a baby when she died) would have been born about 1900, and was known as Hetty, which I believe is common for Esther, or was, back then. So it fits perfectly with the 'old lady' trend. I think it's quite nice too.

I think it's very nice.

I know an Esther, aged 21, and she’s gorgeous inside and out.

It's a lovely name. Keep it as Esther. It doesn't need a "nickname" which MN are obsessed with.

I prefer Nesta, but Esther is lovely in its own way. Don't pay any attention to the naysayers - the choice is yours and your partner's (if you have one) - you don't need to satisfy anyone else. Plus when the baby comes along, she'll be a lovely bundle of joy and people will start to associate the name specifically with her - so they will warm to it really quickly I promise.

I like it. I know in her early 20s and another aged around 13. Doesn't seem old fashioned or dowdy at all to me.