Chester

Latin

"fortress, walled town,"

Chester Origin and Meaning

Variation of Rochester

Chester Rank in US Top 1000

# 931 in the US

Chester Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 372 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Chester

• 372 Nameberry 2025
• 650 Unique 2024
• 116 England 2024
• 96 Dogs 2021
• 46 Cats 2022

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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

The name 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
• Chester a voice from the computer in podcast "The Magnus Protocol"