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First name origin & meaning:

Latin: Camp

First name variations: Ches, Chess, Cheston

Last name origin & meaning:

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’).

Famous people who gave their babies this name: Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson

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