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Yeah, I know it's old lady ugly. Still, WDYT of Hester? Anything positive about it? Combo ideas?
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It's not ugly, but I prefer Esther. Hester really makes me think about The Scarlet Letter.
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Scarlet Letter and Hester Latterly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Monk
I love both and therefore I think it's a great name. I love Hester Joy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Monk
I love both and therefore I think it's a great name. I love Hester Joy.
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Hey!
I'm "old lady ugly." What wrong with that? :-P
I've had the biggest crush on Hester for a while now. There were three sisters in "The Forsyte Saga" named Hester, Ann and Julie. I think of Hester as a zippier version of Hannah. She's got a retro-vibe. But that "-er" ending is so dynamic, for either sex. It always makes me think of movement: runner, swimmer, hiker, Hester, grantor, lessor, Jasper, swimmer, jogger, Sojourner, etc. If that's "old lady" then I'm in for a lively old age.
Seriously, Hester has that cool, witchy thing, like Hazel and Hepzibah. I'm mad about her.
Hester Julie
Hester Isobel
Hester Gladys (a glad, ugly old lady is a thing of beauty)
Hester Myra ("MIE-ruh")
Hester Phoebe
Hester Abigail (won a poll of mine recently)
Hester Minerva
Hester Imogen
Hester Lydia
Hester Chloe
Hester Sibyl
Hester Bryony
Hester Naomi
Hester Lilith
Hester Gwyneth
I'm "old lady ugly." What wrong with that? :-P
I've had the biggest crush on Hester for a while now. There were three sisters in "The Forsyte Saga" named Hester, Ann and Julie. I think of Hester as a zippier version of Hannah. She's got a retro-vibe. But that "-er" ending is so dynamic, for either sex. It always makes me think of movement: runner, swimmer, hiker, Hester, grantor, lessor, Jasper, swimmer, jogger, Sojourner, etc. If that's "old lady" then I'm in for a lively old age.
Seriously, Hester has that cool, witchy thing, like Hazel and Hepzibah. I'm mad about her.
Hester Julie
Hester Isobel
Hester Gladys (a glad, ugly old lady is a thing of beauty)
Hester Myra ("MIE-ruh")
Hester Phoebe
Hester Abigail (won a poll of mine recently)
Hester Minerva
Hester Imogen
Hester Lydia
Hester Chloe
Hester Sibyl
Hester Bryony
Hester Naomi
Hester Lilith
Hester Gwyneth
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Hester Suggestions
Hester has always fabricated the images of hissing serpents in my mind... regardless, there is a mysterious beauty about it. For it to be acceptable, the correct middle-name must be chosen (otherwise it risks looking like a fairytale witch's name.)
Hester Abeni
Hester Agathe
Hester Agnessa
Hester Albertine
Hester Amalthea
Hester Amaryllis
Hester Amaterasu
Hester Annora
Hester Antigone
Hester Astraea
Hester Augustine
Hester Bernardine
Hester Bertille
Hester Briseis
Hester Britannia
Hester Brunella
Hester Brunette
Hester Brynhildr
Hester Calanthia
Hester Calfuray
Hester Calliope
Hester Cambria
Hester Catrine
Hester Abeni
Hester Agathe
Hester Agnessa
Hester Albertine
Hester Amalthea
Hester Amaryllis
Hester Amaterasu
Hester Annora
Hester Antigone
Hester Astraea
Hester Augustine
Hester Bernardine
Hester Bertille
Hester Briseis
Hester Britannia
Hester Brunella
Hester Brunette
Hester Brynhildr
Hester Calanthia
Hester Calfuray
Hester Calliope
Hester Cambria
Hester Catrine
This message was edited 4/24/2012, 9:47 AM
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Wow
I'm overwhelmed by all the great combos here. Very, very gutsy. My favorites:
Hester Concordia
Hester Euphrosyne (eyebright, correct?)
Hester Iseult / Isolde
Hester Jacobine (your own little jelly bean)
Hester Ludivine
Hester Odette
Hester Pomona
Hester Ulyssa
Hester Unity
I'm overwhelmed by all the great combos here. Very, very gutsy. My favorites:
Hester Concordia
Hester Euphrosyne (eyebright, correct?)
Hester Iseult / Isolde
Hester Jacobine (your own little jelly bean)
Hester Ludivine
Hester Odette
Hester Pomona
Hester Ulyssa
Hester Unity
This message was edited 4/24/2012, 12:43 PM
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It always makes me think of "Wreck of the Hesperus" and of a helter-skelter rain storm.
I find the H superfluous to Esther.
I seem to have had a great-great aunt who was named Hester and wound up as Henrietta - or the other way around. In any case she was known as Hettie, which I suppose is cute in its way.
Hester plus a frilly mn would be my suggestion, to relieve the rather austere plainness of Hester.
Hester Lavinia
Hester Leilani
Hester Rosalind
Hester Rosamond - this is my favourite, with its stately and slightly medieval vibe.
Hester Violetta
I find the H superfluous to Esther.
I seem to have had a great-great aunt who was named Hester and wound up as Henrietta - or the other way around. In any case she was known as Hettie, which I suppose is cute in its way.
Hester plus a frilly mn would be my suggestion, to relieve the rather austere plainness of Hester.
Hester Lavinia
Hester Leilani
Hester Rosalind
Hester Rosamond - this is my favourite, with its stately and slightly medieval vibe.
Hester Violetta
This message was edited 4/24/2012, 4:00 AM
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Wow. Great sibling set, especially the way a male Jocelin fits in.
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It makes me think of this Agatha Christie TV adaptation I saw last year. I'd never heard the name before, but it struck me as sort of magical-sounding and ethereal. I'd never use it, but I quite like it. It's better than Esther to me. I'm doing The Scarlet Letter at school now, so I think of that a bit too.
This message was edited 4/23/2012, 11:47 PM
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The Scarlet Letter? Not sure that's an association I want. I rather like it, though. It's kind of spunky.
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nope, none that I can think of
It puts me in mind of a fifty-year-old hardcase that looks seventy because of her chain-smoking, is always short of breath and has this deep raspy voice and terrible lined skin.
It puts me in mind of a fifty-year-old hardcase that looks seventy because of her chain-smoking, is always short of breath and has this deep raspy voice and terrible lined skin.
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Mostly OT
This made me laugh, because I actually knew a woman who was fifty, looked older (though I don't think quite seventy), was a heavy smoker, had a deep raspy voice and lined skin, both due to her smoking. Her name wasn't Hesper, it was Debra nn Debbie. You could tell she'd been really beautiful when she was younger, and the thing was, she was still quite an attractive woman. I would rather have had her looks than mine, raspy voice, lined skin, looking older, and all. It just occurred to me that it's funny, upon reading all of those attributes, one automatically assumes "unattractive", but it's not necessarily so!
Anyway, Hesper doesn't have that image for me. It just strikes me as a very old-fashioned name that has fallen out of use, along the lines of Clara or Ida. I don't particularly like the sound of it.
This made me laugh, because I actually knew a woman who was fifty, looked older (though I don't think quite seventy), was a heavy smoker, had a deep raspy voice and lined skin, both due to her smoking. Her name wasn't Hesper, it was Debra nn Debbie. You could tell she'd been really beautiful when she was younger, and the thing was, she was still quite an attractive woman. I would rather have had her looks than mine, raspy voice, lined skin, looking older, and all. It just occurred to me that it's funny, upon reading all of those attributes, one automatically assumes "unattractive", but it's not necessarily so!
Anyway, Hesper doesn't have that image for me. It just strikes me as a very old-fashioned name that has fallen out of use, along the lines of Clara or Ida. I don't particularly like the sound of it.
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Just realized....
I typed Hesper and the post asked about Hester. But I was thinking "Hester" the whole time, so my opinion still stands.
I typed Hesper and the post asked about Hester. But I was thinking "Hester" the whole time, so my opinion still stands.
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I don't even associate it with old ladies at this point. My boyfriend watches a lot of Storage Wars, so I currently associate it with Dave Hester and his YUUUUUUUUP bids.
It's all right, thought, ignoring that association, but I prefer Esther.
Hester Aveline
Hester Boheme
Hester Cedrique
Hester Celia
Hester Clemence
Hester Faye
Hester Ffion
Hester Lucine
Hester Pallas
Hester Pomeline
Hester Susannah
Hester Veridiana
Hester Verity
It's all right, thought, ignoring that association, but I prefer Esther.
Hester Aveline
Hester Boheme
Hester Cedrique
Hester Celia
Hester Clemence
Hester Faye
Hester Ffion
Hester Lucine
Hester Pallas
Hester Pomeline
Hester Susannah
Hester Veridiana
Hester Verity
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double post :(
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This message was edited 4/23/2012, 5:46 PM
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