Given name
Chesnee
“one who promotes peace”
Chesnee is a variant of Chesney. One English interpretation is “one who promotes peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Chesnee is a variant of Chesney. One English interpretation is “one who promotes peace.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Chesnee is a variant of Chesney. An origin associated with Chesney is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chesnee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 228
- 0 boys · 228 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,407 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,407 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 222 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Chesnee’s family of names
Chesnee has a related form in Chesney.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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