Lance - Origin and Meaning of the name

The boy name Lance [ 1 syll. lan-ce, la-nce ] is pronounced LAENS ^KEY. Lance's language of origin is Germanic and it is predominantly used in English. Lance is a variant of Lando (German).

Lance is a fairly popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity grew from the 1930s up to the 1970s. At the modest peak of its usage in 1970, 0.218% of baby boys were named Lance. It ranked at #76 then. The baby name has since experienced a decline in popularity. In 2007, it ranked at #376 with a usage of only 0.037%, but it was nevertheless the most regularly used out of all boy names in its group.

Baby names that sound like Lance include Lenz (German), Lennox (English and Scottish), Leonas (Lithuanian), Léonce (French), Linus (English and German), and Lorenzo (Italian and Spanish).

^KEY: Pronunciation for Lance: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"

A famous person named Lance is Lance Armstrong, Bicycle Racer, born 18 September 1971, Plano, Texas.

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