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.

# 931 in the US

Chester Rank in US Top 1000

# 272 on Nameberry

Chester Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Chester Popularity

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