Chiltern Family Crest & Name History

Chiltern is a familiar spelling of the English name Chilton. The name is generally explained as “farm of the young men”. Before spelling was fixed, Chilton was also written Chiltern. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Chillton.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Chiltern, so the heraldry linked to Chilton is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Chiltern surname pack.