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Character Name

Chester

Meaning — From the Old English Ceaster, the name given to Roman-walled cities and derived from the Latin castra, meaning "military camp" or "fortress." Chester in Cheshire, England, was the Roman fort city Deva Victrix. The surname Chester derives from someone who came from that city, and it entered use as a given name in 19th-century America, where it was borne by President Chester A. Arthur.·Latin origin·Male·CHES-ter

Chester Chester is a name with old-fashioned American dignity and a slight rumpled warmth — it suggests a man of local importance who takes his responsibilities seriously, someone who knows everyone in town and carries the weight of that knowledge carefully. In contemporary fiction it reads as pleasantly retro, giving a character a grounded sense of place and community.

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Historical FictionSouthern FictionContemporary FictionLiterary Fiction

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Chester BeaumontChester CaldwellChester GarrettChester LangleyChester PruittChester Whitmore

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