Etymology

Vance

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Today it means: A habitational surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English fenn
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromfenn“marsh, bog”
  2. English todayVance

From a Southern English dialectal form of Old English fenn (“marsh, bog”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishfenn all →

FentonfenFenwickFenby

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.