as a First Name
Old French form of the Germanic personal name Lanzo, a short form of various compound names beginning with land ‘land, territory’ (compare Lambert), but associated from an early date with Old French lance ‘lance’ (the weapon, from Latin lancea). The modern use as a given name most probably arose as a transferred use of the surname derived from the medieval given name, although it is also commonly taken as a short form of Lancelot.
| 521st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 83,999
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 97,489
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Lance per capita
- 1970
- marked the height of its popularity
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