Chester



Gender:
Origin: Latin
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

Meanings

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.

Famous People: 343 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
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