Vance

plural Vances

1. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

   Springfield resident Denise Williams' phone began blowing up on Monday while she was spending time with her children and grandchildren, not long after Vance posted.

   2024 September 10, Huo Jingnan, Jasmine Garsd, “JD Vance spreads debunked claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets”, in NPR

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   Taylor Van Kirk, a spokeswoman for Mr. Vance, said the vice president had not been aware the request had been made to alter the water flow into the Little Miami River on Aug. 2. The Vances took the boat excursion on the vice president’s 41st birthday.

   2025 August 7, Lisa Friedman and Eileen Sullivan, “Military Raised Water Level of River in Ohio for JD Vance’s Family Boating Trip”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2025

2. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableA town in Tuscaloosa County and Bibb County, Alabama.
   2. countableuncountableA township in Vermilion County, Illinois.
   3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Quitman County and Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.
   4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Morrill County, Nebraska.
   5. countableuncountableA town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.
   6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
   7. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.