Chase as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Chase

What is the meaning of the name Chase ?

The baby name Chase is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /tʃeɪs/.

Chase is English in Origin.

Chase is an English given name derived from a medieval surname. The surname comes from Old French chacier “to hunt” and Anglo-Norman chasse “the hunt,” ultimately from Late Latin captiare, related to Latin capere “to seize.” It identified a huntsman or someone who lived or worked in a royal hunting preserve (a “chase”). The core meaning is “hunter,” “the hunt,” or “to pursue.”

As a first name, Chase appeared sporadically in the 19th century and rose sharply in the United States late in the 20th century, entering the Top 100 by the 1990s and remaining popular into the 2010s. It is used chiefly for boys but has some unisex appeal. Common variants and spellings include Chace, Chayse, and Chayce; elaborations such as Chasen also occur. Semantically related names include Hunter and Archer.