Chase

Meaning of Chase

Pronounced in a single, clean exhale—“chays”—Chase springs from the Old French chasse, “to hunt,” yet, as a given name, he has wandered far from the medieval forests, much like a shy kitsune slipping through Kyoto’s bamboo shadows; he now evokes the sleek arc of a bullet train skimming past cherry-blush hills, restless, modern, and faintly amused by tradition’s attempts to tether him. As a surname-turned-first-name, his rise in America’s ledgers traces a quiet parabola: a near-whisper before the 1980s, then an unhurried but determined ascent—proof that parents, perhaps unconsciously, crave the momentum the word itself promises. While the meaning still nods to pursuit, contemporary ears hear something cooler: the rush of urban night air, the swift strategy of a chess endgame, the Zen satisfaction of movement for movement’s sake. Like ink brushed across washi in one confident stroke, Chase is brief, decisive, and leaves white space for a boy to author the adventure that follows.

Pronunciation

English

• Pronunced as chays (/tʃeɪz/)

• Chayse
• Chason
• Chasen
• Chance
• Chaise
• Chaunce