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Origin:
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343 famous people named Chester found on Wikipedia.
120759 male, 827 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
1704-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
53-th in year 1919
Used in: English
A male given name: from a Latin word meaning “camp.”.
Chester is a masculine given name.
Cestre (1086), from Old English Legacæstir (735) "City of the Legions," from Old English ceaster "Roman town or city," from Latin castrum "fortified place" (see castle (n.)). It was the base of the Second Legion Adiutrix in the 70s C.E. and later the 20th Legion Valeria Victrix. But the town's name in Roman times was Deoua (c. 150 C.E.), from its situation on the River Dee, a Celtic river name meaning "the goddess, the holy one."
From an English surname and place name, ultimately based on the Latin castra, means: camp. Means: fortress, walled town in Latin. From a surname which originally belonged to a person who came from Chester, an old Roman settlement in Britain. The name of the settlement came from Latin castrum: camp, fortress.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Chester Bennington | 1976 | American musician |
2 | Chester A. Arthur | 1829 | American politician, 21st president of the United States (in office from 1881 to 1885) |
3 | Chester W. Nimitz | 1885 | United States Navy fleet admiral |
4 | James Chester | 1989 | Footballer |
5 | Vanessa Lee Chester | 1984 | Actress |
6 | Chester See | 1983 | American YouTube personality, singer and actor |
7 | Chester Thompson | 1948 | American drummer |
8 | Chester Morris | 1901 | Actor |
9 | Chester Lake | Fictional character in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | |
10 | Chester Turner | 1966 | Serial killer |
11 | Chester Barnard | 1886 | American businessman |
12 | Chester Himes | 1909 | Novelist |
13 | Chester Carlson | 1906 | American physicist |
14 | Alphonso, Earl of Chester | 1273 | English noble |
15 | Chester Yorton | 1940 | Bodybuilder |
16 | Chester Gillette | 1883 | |
17 | Chester Gould | 1900 | Cartoonist |
18 | Chester Nez | 1921 | Navajo code talker |
19 | Chester Taylor | 1979 | American football player |
20 | Chester Adgate Congdon | 1853 | American politician |
21 | Chester Kallman | 1921 | American writer |
22 | Chester Brown | 1960 | Cartoonist from Canada |
23 | Chester Conklin | 1886 | Actor, comedian |
24 | Chester Stiles | 1970 | American criminal |
25 | Chester McGlockton | 1969 | American football player |
26 | Chester Pitts | 1979 | American football player |
27 | Chester Bowles | 1901 | American politician |
28 | Chester Alan Arthur II | 1864 | Son of President Chester A. Arthur |
29 | Chester M. Southam | 1919 | American oncologist |
30 | Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester | 1099 | English noble |
31 | Chester Greenwood | 1858 | American inventor |
32 | Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester | 1147 | English noble, born in Wales |
33 | Chester Gregory | 1968 | American actor |
34 | Chester Marcol | 1949 | Polish player of American football |
35 | Gary Chester | 1924 | American musician |
36 | Charlie Chester | 1914 | English comedian and radio presenter |
37 | Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester | 1172 | Anglo-Norman baron born in Wales |
38 | Darren Chester | 1967 | Australian politician |
39 | Chester Middlebrook Pierce | 1927 | Psychiatrist |
40 | Ranulf le Meschin, 3rd Earl of Chester | 1074 | Anglo-Norman magnate |
41 | Chester Wilmot | 1911 | Australian war correspondent |
42 | Chester Rogers | 1994 | |
43 | Rodney Chester | American actor | |
44 | Chester Kamen | British guitarist | |
45 | Raymond Chester | 1948 | American football player |
46 | Robert of Chester | 1200 | British mathematician and writer |
47 | Eric Chester | 1943 | American writer and academic |
48 | Ilan Chester | 1952 | Venezuelan musician |
49 | Chester G. Atkins | 1948 | American politician |
50 | Chris Chester | 1978 | English rugby league footballer, and coach |
51 | Chester Crocker | 1941 | American diplomat |
52 | Chester P | 1976 | British rapper |
53 | Chester Barnes | 1947 | English table tennis player |
54 | Maud of Gloucester, Countess of Chester | English noble | |
55 | Johnny Chester | 1941 | Australian rock and country musician, TV presenter |
56 | Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester | 1047 | English noble |
57 | Richard d'Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester | 1094 | English noble |
58 | Chester Ashley | 1790 | American politician |
59 | Chester J. Straub | 1937 | American politician and judge |
60 | Gerbod the Fleming, 1st Earl of Chester | 1100 | English noble |
61 | Chester Clute | 1891 | American actor |
62 | Elroy Chester | 1969 | American criminal |
63 | Chester Lauck | 1902 | American actor |
64 | Chester O'Brien | 1909 | American dancer |
65 | Chester Borrows | 1957 | New Zealand politician |
66 | Chester Nimitz, Jr. | 1915 | United States Navy vice admiral and submarine commander |
67 | Deborah Chester | 1957 | American writer |
68 | Chester W. Chapin | 1798 | American politician, railroad executive |
69 | Chester Aaron | 1923 | American writer |
70 | Chester Beach | 1881 | American artist |
71 | Chester Thordarson | 1867 | American engineer |
72 | Chester Mason | 1981 | Basketball player |
73 | Chester Feldman | 1926 | Television producer, television director |
74 | Chester Holmes Aldrich | 1871 | American architect |
75 | Chester E. Holifield | 1903 | American politician |
76 | Chester E. Finn, Jr. | 1944 | American academic |
77 | Chester C. Bolton | 1882 | American politician |
78 | Chester Brewer | 1875 | American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field and coach, athletic director |
79 | Alfred Chester | 1928 | American writer |
80 | Chester Anderson | 1932 | American writer and poet |
81 | Chester Gan | 1908 | American actor |
82 | Chester Dale | 1883 | American banker and patron of the arts |
83 | Chester Stranczek | 1929 | American politician |
84 | Chester Moore Hall | 1703 | British lawyer and inventor |
85 | Chester H. Pond | 1844 | American inventor |
86 | Hal E. Chester | 1921 | American film producer |
87 | Chester Watson | 1938 | Cricketer |
88 | Chester Erskine | 1905 | American theatre and film director |
89 | Chester A. Kowal | 1904 | American mayor |
90 | Bob Chester | 1908 | American musician |
91 | Chester Santos | American mnemonist | |
92 | Chester Starr | 1914 | American historian |
93 | Chester R. Bender | 1914 | Commandant of the United States Coast Guard |
94 | Chester Higgins, Jr. | 1946 | American photographer |
95 | Chester Willis | 1958 | American football player |
96 | Chester Elton | 1958 | Canadian business theorist |
97 | Chester Ittner Bliss | 1899 | American statistician |
98 | Chester I. Long | 1860 | American politician |
99 | Chester B. McMullen | 1902 | American politician |
100 | Chester Adams | 1985 | American football player |
101 | Chester Victor Clifton, Jr. | 1913 | Major General in the United States Army; aide to presidents J.F. Kennedy and L.B. Johnson |
102 | Chester Ronning | 1894 | Canadian politician |
103 | Chester Plummer | 1945 | American taxi driver |
104 | Chester H. West | 1888 | United States Army Medal of Honor recipient |
105 | Chester D. Hubbard | 1814 | American politician |
106 | Chester Dunning | 1949 | American historian |
107 | Chester Biscardi | 1948 | American composer |
108 | Chester M. Ovnand | 1914 | United States Army soldier |
109 | Hilda Chester | 1897 | |
110 | Chester Rowell | 1844 | American politician |
111 | Edmund A. Chester | 1897 | American journalist |
112 | Chester Hardy Aldrich | 1862 | American politician |
113 | Chester Bidwell Darrall | 1842 | American politician |
114 | Chester McCance | 1911 | Canadian football player |
115 | Chester B. Jordan | 1839 | American politician |
116 | Chester Frazier | 1986 | American basketball player and coach |
117 | Chester Burnett | 1975 | American football player |
118 | Peter Chester | 1955 | English convicted murderer and activist |
119 | Chester Conn | 1896 | American composer |
120 | Chester Gaylord | 1899 | American singer |
121 | Chester Bowman | 1901 | Olympic track and field athlete |
122 | Colby Mitchell Chester | 1844 | United States admiral |
123 | Chester Mojay-Sinclare | British entrepreneur | |
124 | Thomas Morris Chester | 1834 | |
125 | Chester Harriott | 1933 | British pianist |
126 | Chester J. Roberts | American football player and coach | |
127 | George Randolph Chester | 1869 | American short story writer |
128 | Chester S. Barnard | 1894 | American football player and coach |
129 | Chester W. Taylor | 1883 | American politician |
130 | Chester Cornett | 1912 | American chair maker |
131 | Chester Ludgin | 1925 | American opera singer |
132 | Chester Cruikshank | 1913 | American track and field athlete and military officer |
133 | Chester Caddas | 1935 | American football coach |
134 | Chester La Follette | 1897 | American painter |
135 | Larry Chester | 1975 | Player of American football |
136 | Chester Gillis | 1951 | |
137 | Chester L. Mize | 1917 | American politician |
138 | Chester Noyes Greenough | 1874 | American educator |
139 | Chester A. Chesney | 1916 | American politician |
140 | Chester Earl Merrow | 1906 | American politician |
141 | Chester Pittser | 1893 | American football player and coach |
142 | Joseph Lemuel Chester | 1821 | American genealogist |
143 | Chester Zardis | 1900 | American jazz double-bassist |
144 | Chester Schaeffer | 1902 | Film editor |
145 | Chester A. Arnold | 1901 | American paleobotanist |
146 | Chester Poe Cornelius | 1869 | Native American lawyer and activist |
147 | Chester Nealie | 1942 | Potter |
148 | Chester Crandell | 1946 | American politician |
149 | Art Chester | 1899 | American air racer |
150 | Chester A. Weidenburner | 1913 | American judge |
151 | Chester Phillips | Marvel character | |
152 | Chester Harding | 1866 | Governor of the Panama Canal Zone, 1917 to 1921 |
153 | Chester C. Gorski | 1906 | American congressman |
154 | Chester Koo | 1953 | Taiwanese businessman |
155 | Chester Smith | 1930 | |
156 | Chester Commodore | 1914 | Cartoonist |
157 | Felicia Chester | 1988 | Women's National Basketball Association player |
158 | Chester Hartman | American urban planner | |
159 | Chester Dewey | 1784 | American botanist, geologist, chemist and lecturer in medical colleges |
160 | Chester Wickwire | 1913 | American humanist |
161 | Chester Pierce Butler | 1798 | American politician |
162 | Chester Williams Rice | 1888 | Accoustical engineer |
163 | Bea Chester | All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player | |
164 | Marvin Chester | 1931 | American physicist |
165 | Chester Dillon | 1887 | American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball coach, college athletics administrator |
166 | Chester Withey | 1887 | American actor and film director |
167 | Chester B. Bowen | 1842 | Recipient of the Medal of Honor |
168 | Lila Chester | American actress | |
169 | Chester E. Norris | 1927 | American diplomat |
170 | Chester A. Reynolds | 1887 | American businessman |
171 | Chester Newton | 1903 | Olympic wrestler |
172 | Chester L. Washington | 1902 | American newspaper publisher |
173 | Chester Arthur Phillips | 1882 | Acting President of the University of Iowa |
174 | Chester William Harrison | 1913 | American writer |
175 | Chester Novell Turner | ||
176 | Chester H. Gross | 1888 | American politician |
177 | Chester Platt | 1869 | American inventor |
178 | Chester I. Reed | 1823 | Massachusetts politician |
179 | Chester Williams | 1973 | Belizean police officer |
180 | Chester R. Davis | 1896 | American businessman and soldier |
181 | Chester Loomis | 1789 | American politician |
182 | Chester Joie | American slave | |
183 | Chester M. Alter | ||
184 | Chester Gillan | 1943 | Canadian politician |
185 | Chester E. McCarty | 1905 | |
186 | Chester Hazen | 1824 | American politician |
187 | Chester A. Dolan, Jr. | 1907 | American politician |
188 | Chester C. Thompson | 1893 | Politician |
189 | Robert Chester | American lawyer | |
190 | Chester Holcombe | 1842 | American diplomat |
191 | Pete Chester | 1941 | |
192 | Craig Chester | ||
193 | Chester Keefer | 1897 | American physician |
194 | Chester John Cavallito | 1915 | Organic chemist |
195 | Chester A. Krohn | 1915 | |
196 | Chester Lyman | 1814 | American astronomer |
197 | Robert I. Chester | 1793 | American politician |
198 | Henry Chester | 1832 | Australian public servant |
199 | F. G. L. Chester | 1899 | British soldier |
200 | Chester B. McLaughlin | 1856 | New York politician and judge |