Chesney
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning camp by the oak tree; place name surname.
Babies a year
90
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Chesney by the numbers
Chesney was given to 90 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 131 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Chesney. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a tree
Like Chesney, each of these has a tree in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Oliviaolive tree; symbol of peace18,642 in the US (2017)
- Hazelthe hazel tree; hazel-eyed5,019 in the US (2017)
- Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
- Willowthe willow tree; grace, flexibility1,384 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ashleyash tree meadow2,549 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Chesney
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