Chance (name)

This article is about the name Chance. For other uses, see Chance.

Chance is an English 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 of Old French origin, from cheance, also Middle English chea(u)nce (meaning "fortune", "luck"). The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1310 in Essex. ^[2] People with the name Chance include:

Given name

Chance

Pronunciation	chans
Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	"Good fortune"
Region of origin	England
Other names
Related names	Chanse, Chantz, Chanze, Czance, Chaunce, Chauncey, Chauncy, Choncey and Chancey

• Chance Adams (born 1994), American baseball player
• Chance Bateman (born 1981), Australian rules footballer
• Chance the Rapper (born 1993), American rapper, born Chancelor Bennett
• Chance Browne (born 1948), American cartoonist
• Chance Campbell (born 1999), American football player
• Chance Carter (born 2001), Canadian soccer player
• Chance Fry (born 1964), American soccer player
• Chance Kelly, American actor
• Chance Mock (born 1981), American football player
• Chance Myers (born 1987), American soccer player
• Chance Perdomo (1996–2024), English-American actor
• Chance Phelps (1984–2004), United States Marine
• Chance Ruffin (born 1988), American baseball player
• Chance Sanford (born 1972), American baseball player
• Chance Sisco (born 1995), American baseball player
• Chance Thomas, American music composer
• Chance M. Vought (1890–1930), American businessman and aerospace engineer
• Chance Warmack (born 1991), American football player
• Chance Waters (born 1987), Australian rapper, songwriter, record producer

Surname

• Chance (surname)

Fictional characters

In film

• Chance the Gardener, aka Chauncey Gardiner, in the novel and film Being There
• Chance, an American Bulldog in the movies Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey and Homeward Bound 2
• Agent Nina Chance, Secret Service agent in the 1997 film Murder at 1600 , played by Diane Lane
• Chance Boudreaux, main character of the film Hard Target , played by Jean-Claude Van Damme
• Richard Chance, United States Secret Service agent with the Treasury Department, main character in 1985 film To Live and Die in L.A. (film)
• Chance Wayne, main character from the Tennessee Williams play Sweet Bird of Youth , portrayed by Paul Newman in the 1962 film adaption
• John T. Chance, in the 1959 film Rio Bravo (film)
• Chance Buckman, main character in the 1968 film Hellfighters (film), played by John Wayne

In other media

• Jack T. Chance, DC Comics character
• Christopher Chance, another DC Comics character' who uses the alias Human Target
• Chance "T-Bone" Furlong, a protagonist in the animated series SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
• Chance Chancellor, in the soap opera The Young and the Restless
• Chance Charming, Cinderella's husband in Chris Colfer's The Land of Stories

References

1. "Chance - Name Meaning & Origin". thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
2. "Surname: Chance". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008-03-24.