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Meaning & Origins
Mainly U.S.: transferred use of the surname, in origin a nickname for an inveterate gambler or for someone who had survived an accident by a piece of luck, from Anglo-Norman chea(u)nce ‘(good) fortune’.
| 1,964th in the U.S. for 2011 |
English: occupational name for a dresser of cloth, Old English fullere (from Latin fullo, with the addition of the English agent suffix). The Middle English successor of this word had also been reinforced by Old French fouleor, foleur, of similar origin. The work of the fuller was to scour and thicken the raw cloth by beating and trampling it in water. This surname is found mostly in southeast England and East Anglia. See also Tucker and Walker.
| 252nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Chancey, Chancy, Chang, Chanda, Chand, Chandy, Chandu, Chandi, Chanika, Chanse
Fullerton, Fullmer, Feller, Fullwood, Fullen, Fullington, Faller, Fullard, Fullbright, Filler
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