Akwai ma'anoni biyu masu yuwuwa ga kalmar "Chesterton", dangane da mahallin: An samo shi daga wani wuri mai suna Chesterton, wanda ke cikin yankuna daban-daban na Ingila. Sunan Chesterton yana nufin "garin sansanin Roman" a cikin Tsohon Turanci. Chesterton kuma na iya komawa ga G.K. Chesterton, sanannen marubucin Ingilishi, mawaƙi, masanin falsafa, kuma ɗan jarida wanda ya rayu daga 1874 zuwa 1936. An san shi da wayo, kare addinin Kiristanci, da gudummawar sa ga asiri da nau'ikan bincike. Wasu daga cikin mashahuran ayyukansa sun haɗa da "Mutumin Wanda Ya kasance Alhamis," "Orthodox," da "The Father Brown Mysteries."