Chassity as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Chassity

What is the meaning of the name Chassity ?

The baby name Chassity is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈtʃæsəti/ (CHAS-uh-tee).

Chassity is English in Origin.

Chassity is a modern American respelling of the English virtue name Chastity, ultimately rooted in Latin castitas meaning “purity” or “chaste conduct.” The pathway runs Latin castus/castitas > Old French chasteté > Middle English chastite/modern English chastity. Pronounced like Chastity (CHASS-ih-tee), the name keeps the moral-virtue sense while adopting a softer, stylized look through the doubled s.

Use as a given name traces to English Puritan naming habits of the 16th–17th centuries, when ideals like Faith, Charity, and Prudence appeared on parish rolls. In the United States, the name saw a late‑20th‑century revival, boosted in the 1970s by media attention to Chastity Bono, which spawned creative variants. Close relatives include Chastity, Chasity, Chassidy, Chasiti, and Chasitie; less common spellings such as Chassiti and Chassitie also occur. While rarer today, Chassity fits among modern virtue-inspired choices that balance traditional meaning with contemporary style.