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View Name: Chester


CHESTER
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: CHES-tər   [key]
Meaning & History
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".
Related Names
DIMINUTIVE: Chet
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