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Esther
I am suddenly finding this name to be extremely pretty. So sleek. I also like Hester, which is sleek in another way, but Esther is so unexpected. It's rising significantly in my favor.I'm weary of making combos and averse to middle names at present, so it's just Esther for your consideration today.


This message was edited 6/1/2014, 9:24 AM

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Esther is my first name. I don't like it, but it could be partly because anyone who finds out laughs hysterically. And then there was this one time someone called me Esther the Molester.
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I love both Esther and Hester. However, I don't think I could ever use it as a first name - I love it the middle name spot though. If you're into nicknames, I think Essie is extremely darling.
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Love the name Esther, as I love the Biblical story of Esther. I have a niece with this name who will be 6 in August.
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Esther has long been one of my favorite names!! I currently plan/hope to name my first daughter Esther, as it happens. :) It's a beautiful name. Classic, dignified, elegant, feminine.
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I would name a little girl Esther (nn Essie) is a heart beat. I think it's gorgeous, spunky, and underrated. Sadly my Mormor's (danish grandmothers) name is Esther, so it'll have to be a middle name only for me. Sigh :( I could happily use Esther as a fn otherwise, but it's important to me that she has her own name so my pick for a first girl is Xanthe Opal Esther (Opal after my grandmother).So someone else loving it gets two thumbs up from me.
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Esther dances like a star, but Hester hisses like a grumpy snake.
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Nice.Agreed
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I like Esther, it's on my list. Really dislike Hester though.I probably wouldn't use Esther though, even though I really like it. It's both the name of a second great aunt (spelled Ester), a great-grandmother, and a third cousin (Esther Shoshana, fwiw) and I'm not big on repetition.

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I think Esther is quite attractive, dignified but not stuffy at all. Hester I think is ugly ugly ugly, because the Hess sound is just off-putting. But Esther is great.
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Wow, first Anne and now Esther! This is quite out of character, Roxstar.
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not really ...Esther and Anne were both on the list of names I liked that I posted upon request last year.
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hmm.. I must have missed that list! (or forgotten about it)

This message was edited 6/2/2014, 1:31 PM

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I love it, I think it's simply stunning, and prime for a major comeback.Love the nicknames Essie and Tess for it.
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I like it and I think it is very pretty, I wish it were used more often.
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The only good thing I can say about Esther is that it's better than Hester. This is because I generally, with a few exceptions, have an aversion to names that begin with an H. I find neither sleek, rather I find both very clunky.
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What are some names that you consider sleek? What qualities constitute sleekness?For me, sleek represents a stripping down -- like Coco Chanel doing away with all of the unwanted florid, fussy frills in the fading fashions of her era. In terms of names, needlessly pretentious ruffles are done away with in favor of succinct, minimalist balance. Straight-forward; to-the-point. This pleases my soul. Both Esther and Hester succeed in doing this.

This message was edited 6/1/2014, 10:21 AM

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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.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. What constitutes "sleek" is, of course, subjective and a matter of opinion, as is the question of whether or not sleekness is even desirable.
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I don't really like this name. I don't think it sounds pretty.
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