Chastity as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Chastity

What is the meaning of the name Chastity ?

The baby name Chastity is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈtʃæs.tɪ.ti/ (CHAS-ti-tee).

Chastity is English in Origin.

Chastity is an English virtue name drawn from the noun denoting the moral ideal of sexual purity and self-restraint. The word travels via Middle English chastite/chasteté from Old French chasteté, ultimately from Latin castitas, “purity; moral integrity.” As a given name it signals ideals of modesty and disciplined conduct in Christian moral vocabulary.

It appeared sporadically in the 16th–17th centuries among English Puritans, then re-emerged in modern registers, gaining wider U.S. visibility in the late 1960s–1970s - helped by celebrity use - before receding after the 1990s. Predominantly feminine, it has informal nicknames like Chas or Chassy. Common spelling variants include Chasity (frequent in the U.S. despite being a phonetic simplification) and rarer forms such as Chastidy or Chastitie; elaborations like Chastina also occur. Semantic counterparts in other languages include Castità (Italian), Chasteté (French), Castidad (Spanish), and Castidade (Portuguese).