Van name - Meaning of Van
- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 1
- Usage
- Vietnamese, English, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- VAN
- Van Meaning
- Means "knowledge, literature" from Sino-Vietnamese. This is a very common middle name for Vietnamese boys. Short form of names containing van, such as Vance or Ivan. Van is a diminutive of Vance. Vance originates in Old English language and means "from the moors". Originally, it was used as a surname and as a surname it functions until today. As a masculine given name it is not as common.
Van Related Names
Other Languages: Gjon (Albanian), Yahya (Arabic), Hovhannes, Ohannes (Armenian), Ganix, Ion, Jon (Basque), Yan (Belarusian), John (Biblical), Ioannes (Biblical Greek), Yehochanan, Yochanan (Biblical Hebrew), Iohannes (Biblical Latin), Yann (Breton), Ioan, Ivan, Yan, Yoan, Ivo, Yanko (Bulgarian), Joan, Jan (Catalan), Jowan (Cornish), Ghjuvan (Corsican), Ivan, Ivica, Ivo, Vanja (Croatian), Ivan, Jan, Johan (Czech), Jan, Jens, Johan, Johannes, Jon (Danish), Jan, Johan, Johannes (Dutch), Johano (Esperanto), Jaan, Johannes, Juhan (Estonian), Jani, Janne, Johannes, Joni, Jouni, Juhana, Juhani (Finnish), Jean, Yann (French), Xoán (Galician), Ioane, Ivane, Vano (Georgian), Jan, Johann, Johannes (German), Ioannes, Ioannis, Yanni, Yannis, Yianni, Yiannis (Greek), Keoni (Hawaiian), Yochanan (Hebrew), János (Hungarian), Jóhann, Jóhannes, Jón (Icelandic), Eoin, Sean, Seán, Shane (Irish), Giovanni (Italian), Johannes, Joannes (Late Roman), Jānis (Latvian), Sjang, Sjeng (Limburgish), Jonas (Lithuanian), Johan (Low German), Ivan, Jovan, Ivo (Macedonian), Ean, Juan (Manx), Hann, Jan, Jon (Medieval English), Jehan (Medieval French), Jan, Jens, Johan, Johannes, Jon (Norwegian), Joan (Occitan), Iwan, Jan, Janusz (Polish), João (Portuguese), Ioan, Ion, Iancu, Ionel, Ionuț, Nelu (Romanian), Ioann, Ivan, Vanya (Russian), Juhán (Sami), Eoin, Iain, Ian (Scottish), Ivan, Jovan, Ivo, Vanja (Serbian), Ján (Slovak), Ivan, Jan, Janez, Žan (Slovene), Iván, Juan, Xuan (Spanish), Jan, Jens, Johan, Johannes, Jon (Swedish), Yahya (Turkish), Ivan (Ukrainian), Evan, Iefan, Ieuan, Ifan, Ioan, Iwan, Siôn (Welsh)
Van Celebrities
Van Morrison - musician, Van Brown - football player, Van Fletcher - baseball player, Van Heflin - actor, Van Kelly - baseball player, Van McCoy - musician,
