Cheston

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning stone camp settlement; form of Chester.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Cheston by the numbers

Cheston was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 50 babies in 2013, so it is a 2010s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Chester

Like Cheston, each of these traces back to Chester: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Chetcamp; diminutive of Chester37 in the US (2017)
  • Kesterfrom the camp; a form of Chester5 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cheston. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Crestontown on the crest or ridge6 in the US (2017)
  • Chaston8 in the US (2017)
  • Chesterfortress, camp388 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Chaytonfalcon; a form of chatan54 in the US (2017)
  • Colstoncole's settlement; a place name used as a given name50 in the US (2017)
  • Chetanconsciousness or awareness8 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a stone or rock

Like Cheston, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
  • Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
  • Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
  • Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
  • Pedrostone or rock; Spanish form of Peter809 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Cheston

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