Chastity - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 3 syll. (c)has-ti-ty, ch-ast-ity ] The girl name Chastity is pronounced as CHAESTahTiy ^KEY. Chastity is primarily used in English and it is also of English origin. Derived from the words 'chastity' ; 'castus' pure. The name is taken from the English word 'chastity', itself of the Latin 'castus'. It was among other 'virtue' names popular with English Puritans in the 17th century. In recent times, it was given a boost in popularity after the singers Sonny Bono and Cher chose it for their daughter, Chastity Bono (1969-).

The English names Chasity, Chastady, Chastidy, Chastin, Chastitie, and Chastney are forms of Chastity. The pet forms Chasta (English) and Chasty (English) are other variants of the name.

Chastity is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1974, 0.048% of baby girls were named Chastity. It had a ranking of #311 then. The baby name has seen a substantial fall in popularity since then, and is now used on an infrequent scale. In 2007, within the family of girl names directly related to Chastity, the English Chasity was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Chastity include the English names Chastitie, Chasity, Chastady, Chastidy, Chasta, Chasty, and Chattie.

^KEY: Pronunciation for Chastity: CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"

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for Chastity
from 1900 to 2007

Variant Popularity Chart
for Chastity
in 2007