Name: Chester
Gender: Male
Usage: Chester, of latin origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Chester are in general originating from United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Chester is: Camp.
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Numerology of the first name Chester: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 6. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: responsible, protective, stable, balanced, loving, compassionate.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Romantic, Nurturing
Ruling planet: Venus
Colors: Blue
Gemstones: Emerald
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The name Chester is ranked on the 1,803rd position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 238000 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.004% of the population. The name Chester has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Chester for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Chester is 5 October.
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History and Origin
Chester is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886), the 21st president of the United States
- Chester Bennington (born 1976), the lead vocalist of the rock band Linkin Park
- Chester Brown (born 1960), Canadian alternative cartoonist and, since 2008, the Libertarian Party of Canada's candidate for the riding of Trinity-Spadina in Toronto, Canada
- Chester Burnett (1910–1976), known as Howlin' Wolf, American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
- Chester Carlson (1906–1968), American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney
- Chester Conklin (1886–1971), American comedian and actor
- Chester Conn (born 1896), American composer of popular music
- Chester Crocker (born 1941), American diplomat
- Chester Gould (1900–1985), American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip
- Chester Himes (1909–1984), American writer, author of If He Hollers Let Him Go
- Chester Holifield (1903–1995), United States Representative from California
- Chester Kallman (1921–1975), American writer
- Chester Ludgin (1925–2003), American operatic baritone
- Chester Manifold (1867–1918), Australian politician and philanthropist.
- Chester Morris (1901–1970), American actor, who starred in the Boston Blackie detective series of the 1940s
- Chester W. Nimitz (1885–1966), American five-star admiral
- Chester Taylor (born 1979), American football running back of the National Football League who is currently on the Arizona Cardinals
- Chester Thompson (born 1948), American drummer and session musician
- Chester Williams (born 1970), former South African rugby union rugby player
- Chester Sidney Williams (1907–1992), American educator and author who wrote extensively about education and freedoms
Fictional characters:
- Chester Alluri, an character from the Warner Brothers series, Devan and Jasmine & Timothy
- Chester Barklight, playable character from the role-playing game Tales of Phantasia
- Chester Goode, Gunsmoke character
- Chester McBadbat, The Fairly OddParents character
- Chester the Molester, cartoon character from Hustler magazine
English: transferred use of the surname, which originally denoted someone from the town of Chester, so called from an Old English form of Latin castra legionary camp. Use as a given name has become quite common in the 20th century.
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