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What does Chester mean?
Chester 
▼ as a boys' name is pronounced CHES-ter. It is of Old English and Latin origin, and the meaning of Chester is "camp of soldiers". Surname and place name from Roman Britain that became used as a given name. President Chester Arthur; newscaster Chet Huntley. Also form of Rochester.
STARTS WITH Che-
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, soldiers (warrior), surname, roman, britain (england)
Variations
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Chester Abraham (C.A.), ..
How popular is Chester?
Chester is a very popular first name for males (#213 out of 1220, Top 17%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#2281 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Chester reached its highest rank of #55 in the U.S. in the 1910s, and is at #1704 currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent related forms of Chester (#1704 IN RECENT RANKINGS) ranked in the Top 2000 are Chet and Rochester. These forms of Chester were popular as birth names 108 years ago (ADOPTION OF 0.4%) and are now significantly less common, with the version Chester falling out of fashion.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Alaster, Aleister, Alester, Alister, Alyster, Brewster, Buster▼, Caesar, Carter▲, Casper, Caster, Castor, Cesar, Chalmer, Chase, Chasen, Chelton, Cheney, Cheslea (see Chesley), Cheslee, Chesley, Cheslie, Chesly, Chesney, Chesnie, Chesny, Chessie, Chetwen (see Chetwin), Cheyne, Chipper, Chrestien, Christer, Clete, Colter, Coster, Coulter, Cristen, Dexter▲, Dieter, Fester, Forester, Forster, Foster▼, Guenter, Jesper, Kester, Krister, Lester▼, Minster, Nester, Peter▼, Pieter, Shefer, Thaxter, Vester, Webster▼, Wheeler, Whistler and Wister. These names tend to be less frequently used than Chester.
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