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Chance (name)

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Pronunciation
  
chans

Meaning
  
"good fortune"

Gender
  
male

Region of origin
  
England

Related names
  
Chanse, Chantz, Chanze, Czance, Chaunce, Chauncey, Chauncy and Choncey

Chance is a masculine given name and a surname. The given name is of Middle English origin, meaning "good fortune". There are several variants. The surname is of 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. People with the name Chance include:

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Given name

  • Chance, artist formerly in the MuzikMafia
  • Chance Bateman (born 1981), Australian rules footballer
  • Chance Bennett (born 1993), American rapper
  • 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 Perdue (born 1986), American Anglican priest, theologian, poet, & musician
  • 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

  • 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
  • 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

    • 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)

    • 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

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