Vance

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /væns/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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.

Derived terms

• Vanceburg
• Vance County
• Vance Creek

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 萬斯 / 万斯 (Wànsī)

Anagrams

• Caven, Vecna, can've