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True that neither Esther nor Hester have ruffles. Whether or not ruffles are needless and pretentious is a matter of opinion--in your opinion, they are. In mine, they're not, but then sleek names are not a favorite with me anyway. But in your opinion, an absence of them is a requirement for sleekness, so Esther and Hester would meet your criteria for sleekness in that way. I don't find either one succinct or minimalist, though. No two-syllable name is succinct or minimalist. Those two qualities require brevity. A succinct, minimalist name to me would be Joan, Anne, Jean, or Lynn.

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Then there's the question of whether or not "succinct and minimalist" equals "sleek." In your opinion, they do. In my opinion, they do not. A sleek name is straight, smooth and repeats the same vowel sounds, or the almost the same vowel sounds with just a slight change. Phoebe (though I dislike it) and Sarah are sleek names, as are Mimi and Mara.

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What constitutes "sleek" is, of course, subjective and a matter of opinion, as is the question of whether or not sleekness is even desirable.