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Vance

English edit

Etymology edit

From a Southern English dialectal form of Old English fenn (“marsh, bog”). [1]

Pronunciation edit

  • (US) IPA(key): /væns/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æns

Proper noun edit

Vance (plural Vances)

  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.

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References edit

  1. ^ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press 1988.

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