Chance is a given name and a surname. The given name is of Middle English origin, meaning "good fortune". There are several variants.[1] The surname is of Old French origin, from cheance, also Middle English chea(u)nce (meaning "fortune", "luck"). The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1310 in Essex.[2] People with the name Chance include:
Given name
| Pronunciation | chans |
|---|---|
| Gender | Unisex |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "good fortune" |
| Region of origin | England |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Chanse, Chantz, Chanze, Czance, Chaunce, Chauncey, Chauncy, Choncey and Chancey |
- Chance Adams (born 1994), American baseball player
- Chance Bateman (born 1981), Australian rules footballer
- Chance the Rapper (born 1993), American rapper, born Chancelor Bennett
- Chance Browne (born 1948), American cartoonist
- Chance Campbell (born 1999), American football player
- Chance Carter (born 2001), Canadian soccer player
- Chance Fry (born 1964), American soccer player
- Chance Mock (born 1981), American football player
- Chance Myers (born 1987), American soccer player
- Chance Perdomo, American-born English actor
- Chance Phelps (1984–2004), United States Marine
- Chance Ruffin (born 1988), American baseball player
- Chance Sanford (born 1972), American baseball player
- Chance Sisco (born 1995), 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
- Thomas Chance Morris, a/k/a Sodapoppin (born 1994), Twitch-streamer
Surname
- Beth Chance (born 1968), American statistician
- Bob Chance (1940–2013), American baseball player
- Britton Chance (1913–2010), American professor and Olympic gold medalist
- David Chance (born 1955) American Hero
- Dean Chance (1941-2015), American baseball pitcher
- Edgar Chance (1881–1955), industrialist, ornithologist
- 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 and baronet
- Jean C. Chance, American journalism professor
- John Barnes Chance (1932–1972), American composer
- Kenneth Chance (1879-1969), industrialist
- 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
- The Chance Brothers, English glass-makers
Fictional characters
In film
- 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
- Agent Nina Chance, Secret Service agent in the 1997 film Murder at 1600, played by Diane Lane
- 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. (film)
- 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 1959 film Rio Bravo (film)
- Chance Buckman, main character in the 1968 film Hellfighters (film), played by John Wayne.
In other media
- Jack T. Chance, DC Comics character
- Christopher Chance, another DC Comics character' who uses the alias Human Target
- Chance "T-Bone" Furlong, a protagonist in the animated series SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
- Chance Chancellor, in the soap opera The Young and the Restless
References
- ↑ "Chance - Name Meaning & Origin". thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ↑ "Surname: Chance". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
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