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Names like Chance

Chance is a one-syllable English name that ends on a vowel. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.

The same sound

One syllable, ending the same way as Chance.

Chace English · variant spelling of Chase, from a surname meaning "hunter"
Jayce English · modern variant of Jace
Prince English · from the title "prince"
Royce English · surname, "son of Roy"

The same roots

Also English names, from the tradition Chance comes from.

Trace English · vocabulary word 'trace, path'; also short form of Tracy
Kace English · modern phonetic respelling, likely related to Case/Casey
Cade English · modern short name, possibly from Welsh Cadell "battle"
Layne English · variant of Lane, "narrow road"

Names of the same moment

Each of these is at its highest in the 2010s, the same decade as Chance, on a similar curve.

Pierce English · surname meaning 'son of Piers', a medieval form of Peter (Greek 'rock')
Cole English · from the Old English Cola, a nickname for someone coal-dark, or a short form of Nicholas; a surname first name with centuries of quiet use that fit the 1990s taste for one-syllable polish. Short, sleek, and complete
Blaze English · vocabulary word 'blaze, fire'
Drake English · traditionally 'dragon' (Old English 'draca'); also the word for a male duck
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