THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Chester
Chester is recorded as a male given name in Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Chester. Quoted root glosses describe elements in the etymology, not an automatic translation of the complete personal name.
Pronunciation & syllables
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English
- /ˈt͡ʃɛ.stɚ/General-American
- /ˈt͡ʃɛ.stə/Received-Pronunciation
Che · ster2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Chester, from Old English ceaster, a borrowing from Latin castrum (“camp”).
a male given name from English
Wiktionary: Chester (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
From Middle English Chestre, from Old English Ċeaster, from ċeaster (“a town or city, especially a Roman one”). The village in Nova Scotia is likely named after the city in Pennsylvania.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Wiktionary: Chester (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Chester
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Chester Tolomia
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Chester Tolomia
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Chester in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Chester
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Hester·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Ester♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Lester♂Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Brewster♂English form: Brewster
- Cheche♀Short form of Cheryl
- Chelsea♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Christel♂♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Dexter♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Chester?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
- EstherEnglish · /-ɛstə(ɹ)/
- HesterEnglish · /-ɛstə(ɹ)/
- LesterEnglish · /-ɛstə(ɹ)/
- SylvesterEnglish · /-ɛstə(ɹ)/
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Chester further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q16274781 — Chester (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Chester Tolomia (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q16274781 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Chester (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Chester (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.