Vance
/ˈvæns/
Vance proper noun: a habitational surname from Old English.
Proper noun
Vance (countable and uncountable, plural Vances)
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- 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.2024 September 10, Huo Jingnan, Jasmine Garsd, “JD Vance spreads debunked claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets”, in NPR
- Taylor Van Kirk, a spokeswoman for Mr. Vance, said the vice president had not been aware the request had been made to alter the water flow into the Little Miami River on Aug. 2. The Vances took the boat excursion on the vice president’s 41st birthday.2025 August 7, Lisa Friedman and Eileen Sullivan, “Military Raised Water Level of River in Ohio for JD Vance’s Family Boating Trip”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2025
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
- A town in Tuscaloosa County and Bibb County, Alabama.
- A township in Vermilion County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Quitman County and Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Morrill County, Nebraska.
- A town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
Forms of Vance
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Origin of Vance
From a Southern English dialectal form of Old English fenn (“marsh, bog”).
Words formed from Vance
Words that rhyme with Vance
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Questions about Vance
- What does Vance mean?
- Vance means a habitational surname from Old English.
- What part of speech is Vance?
- Vance is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Vance?
- Vance is pronounced /ˈvæns/.
Words near Vance in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Vance (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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