boy · english and latin
Chester
say it ches-ter
What Chester means
- English and Latin fortress; from Latin castra, camp
- English and Latin from Latin castra, fort; the English city
How popular it is
Its use is rising over the last ten years.
- no. 97 in England & Wales (2024)
- no. 225 in Australia (2024)
- no. 312 in Scotland (2025)
- no. 322 in New Zealand (2023)
- no. 416 in Northern Ireland (2025)
- no. 868 in Portugal (2017)
- no. 1601 in Ontario & Quebec (2020)
- no. 1710 in the US (2024)
In the United States it was most popular around 1910.
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