Name Chester

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Name info:

About the name Chester in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Hester, Christer, Ester, Lester Details

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About Chester, the group of names with the same origin as Chester

Language of origin:	Old English
Info about origin:	from a family name deriving from a place name of an old Roman settlement in Britain
	the name of the settlement derives from Latin castrum (fort)
	castrum is at the root of many English place and family names
Words:	castrum = the fort (a permanent army post) Latin
Topics:	Family name, Geographic name
Variants' top ranks:	84:Chester England+Wales 2020

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