Well if you really want the star theme, how about naming him after the home star and going with Saul.
Waaaay too goy to pull off “Saul.” (Not that there’s any etymological connection to “sol” there, anyway.)
I give up on the star angle – “Herman,” maybe? 
Has anyone who has posted on this thread even known someone named Lester? Or are all of you just stuck in your own small-minded cowardly bullshit?
The best person I have ever known is named Lester. He is my sister-in-law’s dad. I have known him since the 3rd grade. He is decent, kind, honest and fair. Lester taught me how to fish and how to enjoy fishing even if they weren’t biting. He taught me about hard work. He taught me how to drink beer/liquor without using it as an excuse to be an asshole. He taught me to respect women.
He taught me to be generous and kind.
Lester worked hard his whole life, fought for his country, raised kids and grandkids, and was respected by everyone who ever met him. Noone ever called him Lester the molester. And if anyone had, everyone who knew Lester would have beat the crap out of them for being rude-hearted snot-mouthed jerks.
All of you small-minded creeps who think there is anything wrong with the name Lester just because you think it sounds odd seriously need to reexamine your own lazy ugly stereotypes.
Oh and ‘Lester the Molester’ as a schoolyard taunt is soooo frickin’ obvious that it is easily discounted by “Is that all you got?”.
And as for teenaged girls that think Lester is not a cool name: If Lester is good-looking and has a nice car, teenaged girls will be standing in line to get a date with him!
Lester-haters meh you stereotype because you have never met a Lester.
Yeah yeah yeah.
Here’s the best argument FOR naming him Lester: If you drawl, and call him Luster, no one will think anything about it!
Best wishes,
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I have actually. He’s a woman abusing philandering psychopath who tried to run me down with his car when I helped his girlfriend escape from his (wife’s) house. It’s actually that specific Lester that’s turned me, individually, off the name. The schoolyard taunt thing is merely a recognition that it’s not, at this point in time, a widely respected name in our culture. There are plenty of names that have negative connotations for one reason or another, and I see no reason to saddle a kid with one unless there’s good reason (Grandpa Lester will give his namesake the inheritance, honoring good old Uncle Lester who was an awesome dude or Lester being a name that either or both parents have always loved and dreamed of would all be good reasons.)
OK, I had a few beers after the Badger’s beat Iowa yesterday. Then I got a phone call with bad news about my friend Lester (He is in the Vwteran’s Home and his Alzheimers and dementia are rapidly advancing while his eyesight is rapidly failing). Then I saw this thread.
I see I went a bit over the top and I apologize for the name-calling and my snootiness.
I still think Lester is a fine honest name and since I know a good Lester and WhyNot knows a bad Lester it is still even odds which is about all you can ask for any name.
The two worst people I have ever known were named Al (murderer) and Tim (pedophile).
Most people wouldn’t think twice about naming their sons Al or Tim. Its not the name that makes a person bad, it is the person who tarnishes their name.
Oh man, that sucks. I hope you have lots of time to keep him company when it’s good for him.
Absolutely. I’ve always said you never realize how many people in your life you dislike until you try to name a baby. I couldn’t name a girl Carrie, for example, which is a perfectly cromulent name…only there were The Carries in my elementary school, three girls of the name who made my life hell for several years.