Chastity

Chastity: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “purity”
Origin: English
Say it: CHASS-tuh-tee · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls

An English virtue name from the word chastity, ultimately from Latin castitas. It belongs to the tradition of moral-virtue given names.

English names Names meaning pure Virtue names Modern names

How popular is Chastity?

20240 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Chastity in 20240

Peak year1974

Total US babies since 18809,711

Chastity was not given to enough US babies in 2024 to appear in the records.

Names like Chastity

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Chasitypurity · English
Oliviaolive tree · English
Evelyndesired; little bird · English
Harperharp player · English
Violetviolet flower · English
Hazelhazel tree · English
Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
Lilylily flower · English

Chastity questions

What does the name Chastity mean?

Chastity means "purity". It comes from English. An English virtue name from the word chastity, ultimately from Latin castitas. It belongs to the tradition of moral-virtue given names.

Is Chastity a boy or girl name?

Chastity is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Chastity?

Chastity was given to fewer than 5 babies of either sex in 2024; its peak year was 1974.

How do you pronounce Chastity?

Chastity is usually pronounced CHASS-tuh-tee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.