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 [ 1 syll. lan-ce, la-nce ] The boy name Lance is pronounced LAENS KEY. Lance's language of origin is Germanic and Old French, and it is predominantly used in English. Germanic and Old French origin: The name developed from Lanzo (Germanic), itself a diminutive of Germanic names with the first element lant ('land, territory, homeland'). During the Middle Ages, the name became associated with the Old French lance ('lance, spear'). In modern use, it is often taken as a short form of Lancelot, although it usually originates from the transferred use of the surname derived from the medieval first name. Variants of Lance include Lando (German and Spanish), Lantz (English), Lanzo (Italian and German), and Launce (English). Lance is a short form of Lancelot (English). The pet forms Lancelin (English) and Lanny (English) are other variants of the name. See also the related forms, Lambert (Dutch, English, French, and German) and Landolf (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 2008, it ranked at #396 with a usage of only 0.035%, but it was nevertheless the most regularly used out of all boy names in its group. Baby names that sound like Lance include Lang (English), Launce (English), Lenz (German), Liang (Chinese), Linc (English), Link (English), Long (Chinese), Lanzo (Italian and German), Lauence (English), Lenas (Lithuanian), Lencho (Spanish), Lenci (Hungarian), Lennox (English and Scottish), Lenox (English), Leonas (Lithuanian), Leonek (Polish), Leons (Latvian), Leontios (Greek), Léonce (French), and Linek (Polish). Details of famous persons named Lance: 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)"   |
