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Chester

Origin:Latin

Meaning:Fortress, camp

Chester originally comes from an English surname to denote a person from Chester, a Roman settlement in Britain. The name of the settlement is derived from the Latin word castrum, meaning "fortress" or "camp". It can also be used as a shortened form of the place name Rochester. It peaked in popularity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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