Chichester Family History
Chichester Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city of Chichester in Sussex probably named with the Old English personal name Cissa + Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort’. (Cissa is attested as the name of a historical person; it is of uncertain etymology.) Alternatively the first element may be an Old English word cisse ‘gravelly feature’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022