Lance vs Read

Lance

name
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, pet form of Lancelot or transferred use of the surname; by folk etymology associated with a lance. 

  • A surname originating as a patronymic. 

Read

name
  • A male given name transferred from the surname. 

  • A township in Butler County, Nebraska, United States. 

  • An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. 

  • A surname from Old English, a less common spelling variant of Reid. 

  • A township in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. 

  • A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7634). 

How often have the words Lance and Read occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )