Chancey

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Chancey by the numbers

Chancey was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 53 babies in 1978, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Chancey

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Chancey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Chaunceychancellor or official43 in the US (2017)
  • Chaneyoak grove dweller; occupational surname22 in the US (2017)
  • Chanley9 in the US (2017)
  • Charleyfree man; a form of Charles703 in the US (2017)
  • Clancyred-haired warrior or red warrior39 in the US (2017)
  • Chantelsong; a form of Chantal27 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Chancey

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