{{About|the name Chance|other uses|Chance (disambiguation){{!}}Chance}} '''Chance''' is an English masculine given name and a surname. The given name is of Middle English origin, meaning "good fortune". There are several variants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thinkbabynames.com/search.php?g=1&t=1&s=Chance |title=Chance - Name Meaning & Origin |publisher=thinkbabynames.com |accessdate=2008-03-24}}</ref> The surname is of Old French origin, from {{lang|fro|cheance}}, also Middle English {{Lang|enm|chea(u)nce}} (meaning "fortune", "luck"). The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1310 in Essex.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Chance |title=Surname: Chance |publisher=surnamedb.com |accessdate=2008-03-24}}</ref> People with the name Chance include:
==Given name== {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Chance | pronunciation =''chans'' | gender = Male | meaning = "Good fortune" | region = England | related names = Chanse, Chantz, Chanze, Czance, Chaunce, Chauncey, Chauncy, Choncey and Chancey | wiktionary entry = | popularity = | articles = }} * Chance Adams (born 1994), American baseball player * Chance Bateman (born 1981), Australian rules footballer * Chance the Rapper (born 1993), American rapper, born {{proper name|Chancelor}} Bennett * Chance Browne (born 1948), American cartoonist * Chance Campbell (born 1999), American football player * Chance Carter (born 2001), Canadian soccer player * Chance Fry (born 1964), American soccer player * Chance Kelly, American actor * Chance Mock (born 1981), American football player * Chance Myers (born 1987), American soccer player * Chance Perdomo (1996–2024), English-American actor * Chance Phelps (1984–2004), United States Marine * Chance Ruffin (born 1988), American baseball player * Chance Sanford (born 1972), American baseball player * Chance Sisco (born 1995), 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 (surname)
==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) * Chance Buckman, main character in the 1968 film Hellfighters (film), played by John Wayne
=== 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'' * Chance Charming, Cinderella's husband in Chris Colfer's ''The Land of Stories''
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