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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Latin : Camp

Boy name variations

Ches

Ches

0 % this year
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Chess

Chess

0 % this year
Masculine
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Cheston

Cheston

- 25% this year
Masculine
Rare
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How Popular Is The Name Chester

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from Chester, the county seat of Cheshire, or from any of various smaller places named with this word (as for example Little Chester in Derbyshire or Chester le Street in County Durham), which is from Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled city’ (Latin castra ‘legionary camp’).

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