Vance

English

Etymology

From a Southern English dialectal form of Old English fenn (“marsh, bog”). [1]

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /væns/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æns

Proper noun

Vance (countable and uncountable, plural Vances)

  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
    • 2024 September 10, Huo Jingnan, Jasmine Garsd, “JD Vance spreads debunked claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets”, in NPR‎[1]:
      Springfield resident Denise Williams' phone began blowing up on Monday while she was spending time with her children and grandchildren, not long after Vance posted.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A town in Tuscaloosa County and Bibb County, Alabama.
    2. A township in Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. An unincorporated community in Quitman County and Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.
    4. An unincorporated community in Morrill County, Nebraska.
    5. A town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.
    6. An unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
    7. An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.

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References

  1. ^ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press 1988.

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