Names Like Chester — Find Similar Baby Names
Chester is a 7-letter English boys' name meaning “Lives At The Camp Of The Soldiers.”. This page collects 118 such names across 7 kinds of similarity — including spelling variants like Caster and Ceaster, English cousins like Aaric and Aarika, rhyming names ending in -ter like Alter and Ester, and names sharing the “soldiers” concept like Chess and Chet.
For the full Chester profile (meaning, popularity history, famous people, state-by-state stats), see the main Chester page.
Names Similar in Spelling to Chester
8 baby names that differ from Chester by 1–3 letters (Levenshtein edit distance). Useful for finding spelling variants and phonetic alternatives.
| Name | Edit distance | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caster | 2 | From The Roman Camp | English | Male |
| Ceaster | 2 | Lives At The Camp | English | Male |
| Caesar | 3 | Long Hair | Danish | Male |
| Carsten | 3 | English | Female | |
| Carter | 3 | Drives A Cart | English | Male |
| Casper | 3 | "Friendly, Childlike, Helpful" | English | Male |
| Castor | 3 | Myth Name (Brother Of Helen) | Greek | Male |
| Celeste | 3 | Heavenly. | French | Female |
More English Names
24 baby names that share Chester’s English origin.
| Name | Meaning | Gender |
|---|---|---|
| Aaric | Variant Of Aric Meaning Rule With Mercy. | Male |
| Aarika | "Alternate Spelling: Erika, Erica, Ericka." | Female |
| Aarshiya | Heavenly | Female |
| Aase | Tree-Covered Mountain AEGILEIF | Female |
| Aasiya | "Derived From The Arabic Verb, To Abound, And Means Abundant, Flourishing, Th... | Female |
| Aaylah | Light Bearer | Female |
| Abbigale | Female | |
| Abbot | Abbey Father | Male |
| Abbott | Abbey Father | Male |
| Abrianna | Mother Of Many Nations. | Female |
| Abriell | Variant Of Gabrielle. | Male |
| Acker | From The Oak Tree | Male |
| Ackerley | From The Oak-Tree Meadow | Male |
| Ackerman | Man Of Oak | Male |
| Ackley | Dwells At The Oak Tree Meadow | Male |
| Adalbeorht | Noble | Female |
| Adalbrechta | Noble | Female |
| Adalson | Son Of All | Male |
| Adam | Of The Red Earth | Male |
| Adda | Wealthy | Female |
| Addaneye | Lives On The Noble's Island | Male |
| Addilynn | Female | |
| Addis | Son Of Adam | Male |
| Addisen | Child Of Adam | Male |
7-Letter C-Names Like Chester
24 names that share Chester's exact length (7 letters) and starting letter — a peer cluster for parents who like Chester's shape and sound.
Today's Most-Popular Boys' Names — Compare to Chester
Top 12 boys' names by US births in the most recent decade (2014–2024 SSA records). Each link opens a side-by-side comparison with Chester.
Names That Rhyme with Chester
18 baby names that share Chester's last 3 letters — -ter. Useful for rhyming sibling pairs and names with matching phonetic endings.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alter | Old | Hebrew | Male |
| Ester | Star. Form Of Persian Esther.Myrtle Leaf. A Young Hebrew Woman In T... | Spanish | Female |
| Peter | Rock | Greek | Male |
| Auster | Myth Name | Greek | Male |
| Carter | Drives A Cart | English | Male |
| Caster | From The Roman Camp | English | Male |
| Colter | Horse Herdsman | English | Male |
| Dexter | Name Taken From Heraldry | French | Male |
| Dieter | Gifted Ruler. Variant Of Diederick. | German | Male |
| Easter | Myth Name (Goddess Of The Dawn).Variant, Eostre, Exists. | Anglo | Female |
| Eszter | Star | Hebrew | Female |
| Foster | Keeps The Forest Forest-Ranger Surname. | English | Male |
| Hester | Variant Of Esther. | English | Female |
| Holter | Hunter | English | Male |
| Hunter | Hunter | English | Male |
| Kester | From The Roman Camp | English | Male |
| Lester | Fortified Place. | English | Male |
| Porter | Gatekeeper | French | Male |
Names That Start Like Chester
18 baby names that begin with the same opening sound as Chester — Che-. Good for parents who like Chester's opening but want a different ending, or for matched-initial sibling sets.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Che | Abbreviation Of Jose: Latin-American Revolutionary Che Guevara. | Spanish | Male |
| Chen | Great, Vast | Chinese | Male |
| Cher | Variant Of Cherie Dear One:Darling | French | Female |
| Chet | Camp Of The Soldiers. | English | Male |
| Chege | A Kikuyu People Of Kenya Male Name. Meaning Is Unknown. | African | Male |
| Chela | Consolation | Spanish | Female |
| Chepe | God Will Multiply | Hebrew | Male |
| Chepi | Algonquin Name Meaning "Fairy." | Native American | Female |
| Chera | French | Female | |
| Chere | Variant Of Cherie Dear One:Darling | French | Female |
| Cheri | Variant Of Cherie Dear One:Darling | French | Female |
| Chess | Camp Of The Soldiers. | English | Male |
| Chevy | Horseman: Knight. An Abbreviation Of Chevalier. Actor-Comedian Chev... | French | Male |
| Chedva | Joyous | Hebrew | Female |
| Cheikh | Guinean Male Name Meaning "Learned." | African | Male |
| Chelan | Beautiful Lake | Indian | Female |
| Chelsa | Place Name: A London District. | English | Female |
| Chelsi | Place Name: A London District. | English | Female |