Chance (name)
Chance is a masculine given name and a surname. The given name is of Middle English origin, meaning "good fortune". There are several variants.[1] The surname is Old French origin from cheance, also Middle English chea(u)nce (meaning "fortune", "luck", "accident"). The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1310 in Essex.[2] People with the name Chance include:
Given name
| Chance |
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| Pronunciation |
chans |
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| Gender |
male |
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| Origin |
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| Meaning |
"good fortune" |
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| Region of origin |
England |
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| Other names |
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| Related names |
Chanse, Chantz, Chanze, Czance, Chaunce, Chauncey, Chauncy and Choncey. |
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- Chance, artist formerly in the MuzikMafia
- Chance Bateman (born 1981), Australian rules footballer
- Chance Browne (born 1948), American cartoonist
- Chance Fry (born 1964), American soccer player
- Chance Mock (born 1981), American football player
- Chance Myers (born 1987), American soccer player
- Chance Phelps (1984–2004), United States Marine
- Chance Ruffin (born 1988), American baseball player
- Chance Sanford (born 1972), American baseball player
- Chance Thomas, American music composer
- Chance M. Vought (1890–1930), American businessman and aerospace engineer
- Chance Warmack (born 1991), American football player
- Chance Waters (born 1987) Australian Rapper, songwriter, record producer
Surname
| Chance |
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Family name |
| Pronunciation |
chans,chan or chang |
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| Meaning |
"good fortune" |
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- Amy Chance (born 1975), American actress
- Bob Chance (1940–2013), American baseball player
- Britton Chance (1913–2010), American professor and Olympic gold medalist
- Dean Chance (1941-2015), American baseball pitcher
- Frank Chance (1877–1924), American baseball player and manager
- Fred Chance, American illustrator
- Greyson Chance (born 1997), American singer
- Hugh Chance (1911–1998), American religious person
- James Chance (born 1953), American new wave musician
- Sir James Timmins Chance (1814-1902), industrialist & Baronet
- Jean C. Chance, American journalism professor
- John Barnes Chance (1932–1972), American composer
- Kim Chance, Australian politician
- Matthew Chance, British television journalist
- Michael Chance (born 1955), English countertenor
- Molly Chance, American television producer and actress
- Noel Chance, British racehorse trainer
- Stephen Chance (disambiguation), multiple people
Fictional characters
- Jack T. Chance, DC Comics character
- Chance the Gardener, aka Chauncey Gardiner, in the novel and film Being There
- Chance, an American Bulldog in the movies Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey and Homeward Bound 2
- Channy, AKA Chance the Man in the movie Chance and Things
- Chance Boudreaux, main character of the film Hard Target, played by Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Richard Chance, United States Secret Service agent with the Treasury Department, main character in 1985 film To Live and Die in L.A.
- Chance "T-Bone" Furlong, a protagonist in the animated series, SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
- Chance Wayne, main character from the Tennessee Williams play Sweet Bird of Youth. Portrayed by Paul Newman in the 1962 film adaption.
- John T. Chance, in the film Rio Bravo
- Chance Chancellor, in the soap opera The Young and the Restless
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