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What does Chancellor mean?

Chancellor Pronunciation of Chancellor as a boys' name is pronounced CHAN-sa-ler. It is of French and Middle English origin, and the meaning of Chancellor is "office holder". Occupational name, surname and title of high office, as in the Lord Chancellor of England or the chancellor of a university. Broadcaster John Chancellor.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Cha-, -or

ASSOCIATED WITH occupational, surname, high (great), england

Variations

VARIANTS Chance, Chancelor, Chansellor, Chaunce

SEE ALSO Chauncey

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Chancellor Mario (C.M.), ..

How popular is Chancellor?

Chancellor is a rare first name for males but a very popular last name for both adults and children (#7533 out of 150436, Top 5%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Chancellor was first listed in 1990 and reached its highest rank of #1087 in the U.S. in the year 2001, and is at #1999 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Chancellor name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Chancellor outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Chance (#270 VIA LATEST LIST), Chancelor and Chauncey are the popular alternative forms of Chancellor (#1999) listed in the Top 2000. Usage of these forms of Chancellor reached its peak in the year 1996 (ADOPTION OF 0.13%) and is somewhat lower today (ADOPTION 0.08%, DOWN 41.6%), with the version Chauncey becoming less in vogue.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Chancellor, Chance, Chancelor, Chauncey in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Chancellor and related baby names outside U.S.


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