Chance ( name ) - wikipedia Chance ( name ) This article is about the name Chance. For other uses, see Chance. Chance is a masculine given name and a surname. The given name is of Middle English origin, meaning `` good fortune ''. There are several variants. The surname is of Old French origin, from cheance, also Middle English chea ( u ) nce ( meaning `` fortune '', `` luck '', `` accident '' ). The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1310 in Essex. People with the name Chance include : Contents 1 Given name 2 Surname 3 Fictional characters 3.1 In film 3.2 In other media 4 References 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 and Choncey Chance Bateman ( born 1981 ), Australian rules footballer Chance the Rapper ( born 1993 ), American rapper, born Chance Bennett Chance Browne ( born 1948 ), American cartoonist Chance Fry ( born 1964 ), American soccer player Chance Mock ( born 1981 ), American football player Chance Myers ( born 1987 ), American soccer player Chance Phelps ( 1984 -- 2004 ), United States Marine Chance Ruffin ( born 1988 ), American baseball player Chance Sanford ( born 1972 ), 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 Pronunciation chans, chan or chang Origin Meaning `` good fortune '' Amy Chance ( born 1975 ), American actress Bob Chance ( 1940 -- 2013 ), American baseball player Britton Chance ( 1913 -- 2010 ), American professor and Olympic gold medalist Dean Chance ( 1941 - 2015 ), American baseball pitcher Edgar Chance ( 1881 -- 1955 ), industrialist, ornithologist Frank Chance ( 1877 -- 1924 ), American baseball player and manager Fred Chance, American illustrator Greyson Chance ( born 1997 ), American singer Hugh Chance ( 1911 -- 1998 ), American religious person James Chance ( born 1953 ), American new wave musician Sir James Timmins Chance ( 1814 -- 1902 ), industrialist and baronet Jean C. Chance, American journalism professor John Barnes Chance ( 1932 -- 1972 ), American composer Kenneth Chance ( 1879 - 1969 ), industrialist Kim Chance, Australian politician Matthew Chance, British television journalist Michael Chance ( born 1955 ), English countertenor Molly Chance, American television producer and actress Noel Chance, British racehorse trainer Stephen Chance ( disambiguation ), multiple people The Chance Brothers, English glass - makers 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 ) 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 References Jump up ^ `` Chance - Name Meaning & Origin ''. thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Surname : Chance ''. surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 24. This page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chance_(name)&oldid=814230398 '' Categories : Given names Surnames English masculine given names Hidden categories : All set index articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 7 December 2017, at 15 : 55. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: where does the last name chance come from
Answer: Old French