"Vance" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /væns/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Vance.wav Forms: Vances [plural]
Rhymes: -æns Etymology: From a Southern English dialectal form of Old English fenn (“marsh, bog”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|fenn||marsh, bog}} Old English fenn (“marsh, bog”) Head templates: {{en-prop|s}} Vance (plural Vances)
  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
    Sense id: en-Vance-en-name-zLJicHqr Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 61 39
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Vance-en-name-LgwzNm7n
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Vanceburg, Vance County, Vance Creek Translations (Translations): 萬斯 (Chinese Mandarin), 万斯 (Wànsī) (Chinese Mandarin)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 55 45

Inflected forms

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