Chase (name)
Chase is a male given name and family name in the English-speaking world . The name occurs predominantly in the USA and occasionally also among women as a first name.
Origin and meaning
The name comes from an old French family name meaning " hunt " or "hunt", "pursue" and was originally a nickname for a hunter.
Name bearer
Male first name
- Chase Austin (* 1989), American racing car driver
- Chase Budinger (* 1988), American basketball player
- Chase Balisy (* 1992), American ice hockey player
- Chase A. Clark (1883–1966), American politician
- Chase Griffin (born 1983), American basketball player
- Chase Hunter (* 19 **), American porn actor
- Chase Osborn (1860–1949), American politician
- Chase F. Robinson , American historian
- Chase Young (* 1999), American football player
Female first name
- Chase Masterson (born 1963), American actress and singer
- Chase G. Woodhouse (1890–1984), American politician
family name
- Arthur Chase (publisher) (1835–1888), American publisher
- Arthur Adalbert Chase (1874– ??), British cyclist
- Arthur E. Chase (* 1930), American politician (Massachusetts)
- Allan Chase (* 19 **), American jazz saxophonist
- Bailey Chase (born 1972), American actor
- Barbara Chase-Riboud (* 1939), American author, draftsman and sculptor
- Barrie Chase (born 1933), American actress and dancer
- Beatrice Chase (1874–1955), British writer
- Bill Chase (1934–1974), American trumpeter and band leader
- Borden Chase (1900–1971), American screenwriter
- Brian Chase (* 1978), American jazz and rock musician
- Charlee Chase (* 1977), American porn actress
- Charley Chase (1893–1940), American comedian
- Charley Chase (porn actress) (* 1987), American porn actress
- Cheryl Chase (* 1958), American voice actress
- Chevy Chase (born 1943), American comedian and actor
- Cynthia Chase (* 1943), American politician
- DAN Chase (1875–1953), American politician
- Daveigh Chase (* 1990), American actress and speaker
- David Chase (* 1945), American screenwriter and producer
- Dudley Chase (1771–1846), American politician
- Eric Chase , German DJ and music producer
- Gail M. Chase , American politician
- George Henry Chase (1874–1952), American classical archaeologist
- George W. Chase (1802–1867), American politician
- Glen Chase , pseudonymous author of the Cherry Delight: The Sexecutioner series
- Hal Chase (1883–1947) American baseball player
- Harold H. Chase (1912–1976), American politician
- Hayley Chase (born 1991), American actress
- Ilka Chase (1905–1978), American actress and writer
- Ira Joy Chase (1834–1895), American politician
- Jackson B. Chase (1890–1974), American politician
- James Hadley Chase (1906–1985), British writer
- James Mitchell Chase (1891–1945), American politician
- Jeff Chase (* 1968), American actor
- Jeremiah Chase (1748–1828), American politician
- John Chase (1906–1994), American ice hockey player
- Kelly Chase (* 1967), Canadian ice hockey player
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase (1817–1864), American politician
- Mark W. Chase (* 1951), British-American botanist
- Martha Chase (1927–2003), American biologist
- Mary Chase (1907–1981), American writer
- Mary Agnes Chase (1869–1963), North American botanist
- Mary Ellen Chase (1887–1973), American writer and teacher
- Nora Schimming-Chase (1940–2018), Namibian politician and diplomat
- Owen Chase (1797–1869), American seaman
- Pliny Chase (1820–1886), American scientist
- Rangi Chase (* 1986), English rugby league player
- Ray P. Chase (1880–1948), American politician
- Richard Trenton Chase (1950–1980), American serial killer
- Salmon P. Chase (1808–1873), American lawyer and politician
- Samuel Chase (politician, 1741) (1741–1811), British-American judge, signatory of the United States' Declaration of Independence
- Samuel Chase (Politician, 1789) (1789–1838), American politician (New York)
- Stanley Chase († 2014), American theater and film producer
- Thomas Chase-Casgrain (1852-1916), Canadian politician
- Thornton Chase (1847-1912), American author
- Tom Chase (* 1965), American porn actor
- Tommy Chase (* 1947), British jazz musician
- Truddi Chase (1935-2010), American author
- Tylor Chase (* 1989), American actor
- Vicki Chase (* 1985), American porn actress
- William Merritt Chase (1849–1916), American painter