Chester

Latin

"fortress, walled town,"

Chester Origin and Meaning

The name Chester is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "fortress, walled town,".

Chester is a comfortable, little-used teddy-bear of a name that suddenly sounds both quirky and cuddly.

Chester was a Top 100 name in the US from the 1880s to 1929, gradually fading till it finally dropped off the list completely in 1995. But it's popular now in England and Wales, where it ranks in the Top 100

Chester has been seen on old TV shows like Gunsmoke and The Life of Riley, then reappeared later on The Nanny and The Wire. Chester Alan Arthur made it presidential, it was a World War II hero via Admiral Chester Nimitz, the comic world associates it with Chester Gould, creator of Dick Tracy, and it has modern musical ties to Chester Bennington, lead singer of Linkin Park.

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have a son named Chester.

Nickname Chet has, like Hank, a friendly retro vibe.

Chester Rank in US Top 1000

# 931 in the US

Chester Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 272 on Nameberry

Chester Popularity

• 272 Nameberry 2024
• 741 Unique 2023
• 89 England 2023
• 96 Dogs 2021
• 46 Cats 2022

20 Names Similar to Chester

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Chester.

• Rupert
• Barnaby
• Casper
• Montgomery
• Archie
• Otto
• Humphrey
• Otis
• Wilbur
• Clarence
• Homer
• Nigel
• Roscoe
• Clyde
• Cosmo
• Basil
• Dexter
• Archibald
• Phineas
• Benedict

Famous People Named Chester

• Chester Alan Arthur 21st U.S. president
• Chester Arthur Burnett aka Howlin' Wolf American blues musician
• Chester Greenwood American inventor of earmuffs
• Chester Charles Bennington late lead singer of American alt,rock band Linkin Park
• Chester Cortez Thompson American rock drummer
• (John) Chester Brooks Morris American actor
• Chester William Nimitz American WWII admiral
• Chester See American YouTuber
• Chester Lamar Taylor American NFL football player
• (James) Chester Manifold Australian politician
• Chester Cooper Conklin American actor/comedian
• Chester Bomar Himes American novelist
• Chester Floyd Carlson American physicist; inventor of xerography
• Chester Simon Kallman American poet and librettist
• Chester Conn American composer
• Chester Gould American cartoonist; creator of "Dick Tracy"
• Chester Earl "Chet" Holifield U.S. Congressman from California
• Chester Marlon Hanks son of actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson
• Chester William Baldwin son of Holly Willoughby & Dan Baldwin

Chester in Pop Culture

• Chester Mcbadbat character on animated series "Fairly Oddparents"
• Chester Meredith character in P. G. Wodehouse's "Chester Forgets Himself"
• Chester cat character in the Bunnicula series by James Howe
• Chester Cheetah Cheetos advertising mascot
• Chester Langston character on TV's "American Gothic"
• Chester character in "American Horror Story: Freak Show"
• Chester Barklight character in video game "Tales of Phantasia"
• Chester Goode character on TV's "Gunsmoke"
• Chester Karol "Ziggy" Sobotka character on TV's "The Wire"
• Chester the Molester cartoon character in Hustler magazine
• "Chester " song by Dana Dane
• Chester city in England