Given name & surname
Chesna
“one who is calm; bringer of peace”
Chesna is used as a given name and a surname. One Slavic interpretation is “one who is calm; bringer of peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Slavic interpretation is “one who is calm; bringer of peace.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chesna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 45
- 0 boys · 45 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 135 as a first name in 2020; 278 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Chesna’s family of names
Chesna has a related form in Chessa. Chesna has a related form in Chessie. Chesna has a related form in Chessy.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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