Old English Old English and Latin origin.
[ 1 syll. (c)hes-ter, ch-est-er ] The baby boy name Chester is pronounced CH-S-T-er †. Chester's origin is Old English and English, and its use, English. Old English origin: The first name is derived from the surname, which is itself from an English place name found in the city of Chester in Cheshire. The place name is from the Latin castra (meaning 'fort, soldier's camp') in reference to a fort or soldier's camp built by the Romans when they conquered Britain The name Chester is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Chester is: Camp. English Meaning: The name Chester is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Chester is: From an English surname and place name, but ultimately based on the Latin 'castra' meaning camp. Famous people: American president Chester A. Arthur. Origin of the name Chester: Transferred use of the surname taken from the Old English place-name Ceastre, a contraction of Legacaestir, which is from the Latin legionum castra (camp of the legions). From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman. Comments and insights on the name Chester: | Edit. Someone recently told me that the popularity of pet names are a good predictor of the next hot baby names. My dog is named Chester and so are several of my friend's dogs, so this may be the name to track in the next few years, lol. English: habitational name from Chester, the county seat of Cheshire, or from any of various smaller places named with this word (as for example Little Chester in Derbyshire or Chester le Street in County Durham), which is from Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled city’ (Latin castra ‘legionary camp’).  From a surname which originally belonged to a person who came from Chester, an old Roman settlement in Britain. The name of the settlement came from Latin castrum fortified place.  The city of Chester was founded as a fort, known as Deva, by the Romans in AD 79. The city was the scene of battles between warring Welsh and Saxon kingdoms throughout the post-Roman years until the Saxons strengthened the fort against raiding Danes. The area of Chester is thought to have formed part of the kingdom of Powys, whose early kings claimed descent from the exile Vortigern. Chester is generally identified with the Cair Legion (Fort Legion) listed as one of the 28 cities of Britain in the History of the Britons traditionally attributed to Nennius. Cestre (1086), from Old English Legacaestir (legacæstir) 735 city of The, legions From Old english Ceaster roman town or, city From latin castrum fortified (place (see.)). N it was the base of The Second Legion adiutrix in the 70s.C. e and later the 20th Legion Valeria. victrix  Chester /che-ster/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name is pronounced CHES-ter. It is of Old English and Latin origin, and the meaning of Chester is camp of soldiers. Surname and place name from Roman Britain that became used as a given name. President Chester Arthur; newscaster Chet Huntley. Chester is a very popular first name for males (#213 out of 1220, Top 17%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#2281 out of 150436, Top 2%). Chester (placename element). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The English place-name Chester, and the suffixes-chester, -caster and-cester, are commonly indications that the place is the site of a Roman castrum, meaning a military camp or fort, but it can also apply to the site of a pre-historic fort. Names ending in -cester are nearly always reduced to -ster when spoken, the exception being  Cirencester , which is pronounced in full. The pronunciation of names ending in-chester or-caster is regular. Locality. From the city of Chester, the capital of Cheshire, England, founded by the Romans. The name is derived from the Latin Castrum; Saxon, ceaster, a fortified place, a city, a castle or camp, it being a Roman station where the twentieth legion was quartered. If you get the Page is Not Available message, no mailing list is available. Instead, check the index of mailing lists for a sound-alike name. Chester in Ancestry Message Boards. Browse or post a query about your genealogy, surname origin, or family history in the Chester surname forum.
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