Chet - Meaning of Chet

What does Chet mean?

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Chet

[ 1 syll. (c)het, ch-et ] The baby boy name Chet is sometimes used as a girl name. It is pronounced as CH-ehT †. Chet is used chiefly in the English language, and it is derived from Old English and English origins.

Chet is a contraction of the name Chester (English).

Chet is also a variant of the name Rochester (English).

See also the related category english.

Chet is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1976 with 0.009% of baby boys being given the name Chet. It ranked at #701 then. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity, and is today of sporadic use. Among all boy names in its group, Chet was nonetheless the most widely used in 2018. Chet has mostly been a baby boy name in the past century.

Baby names that sound like Chet include Chaad, Chad, Chadd, Chade, Chait, Chaite, Tewsdae, Chaddy, Chado, Chady, Chasid, Chidee, Chidey, Chidi, Chidie, Chidy, Chisda, Chito, Chydee, and Chydey.

† Pronunciation for Chet: CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)"

A famous person named Chet is Guitarist Chet Atkins, born Chester Burton Atkins, 20 June 1924 - 30 June 2001, Luttrell, Tennessee.