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Lance

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Boy · Germanic or Old French

Lance

Say it: LANS

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Meaning

Uncertain. Possibly from the Germanic name Lanzo (from land 'land'), or taken from Lancelot; the link to the English word lance is folk association.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

Popular in the US from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Its wave through time

A fashion of the 1970s

In the United States

012318801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1970per 1,000 babies of that sex
  • 104,705 babies given this name since 1899
  • At its height in 1970, about 1 in 447 boys
  • 315 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

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Famous bearers

  • Lance Armstrong, American cyclist

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Where this comes from

  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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