Chance (name)

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Contents 1 Given name 2 Surname 3 Fictional characters 4 References

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:

[edit] Given name

Chance Given Name
Pronunciation	chans
Gender	Male
Meaning	"good fortune"
Region of Origin	England
Related names	Chanse, Chantz, Chanze, Chaunce, Chauncey, Chauncy and Choncey.
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Chance

• Chance (MuzikMafia), artist formerly in the MuzikMafia
• Chance Bateman (born 1981), Australian rules football player
• 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), American military soldier
• Chance Sanford (born 1972), American baseball player
• Chance Thomas, American music composer
• Chance M. Vought (1890-1930), American businessman and aerospace engineer

[edit] Surname

Chance Family Name
Pronunciation	chans
Meaning	"good fortune"
Popularity	Behind the Name
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Chance

• Amy Chance (born 1975), American actress
• Bob Chance (born 1940), American baseball player
• Britton Chance (born 1913), American professor and Olympic gold medalist
• Dean Chance (born 1941), American baseball pitcher
• Frank Chance (1877-1924), American baseball player and manager
• Fred Chance, American illustrator
• Hugh Chance (1911-1998), American religious person
• James Chance (born 1953), American new wave musician
• Jay Chance (born 1942), British musician
• 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
• Rick Chance, American businessman
• Philip Turner (born 1925), English author who used the pen name Stephen Chance

[edit] Fictional characters

• Jack T. Chance, DC Comics character
• Chance the Gardener, aka Chauncey Gardiner, in the novel Being There

[edit] References