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.

   • 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^[2], archived from the original on 7 August 2025:

     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.

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