Name Van

There are multiple origins and translations for the name Van:

1. Dutch (West Germanic) form of the German Von and interpretation is - "of; from; out, out of".

2. Comes from the Old English word (fenn) - "marsh, fen".

3. Vietnamese name (Văn) means - "of an ancient Vietnamese people".

4. Armenian (Վան) name-forming derived from Urartian denotation - "city, town, place" or comes from Armenian (վանք) [vanq] - "monastery".

5. Shortened form of the name Ivan, Vance, Ewan etc.

6. Chinese name (完) - "whole; complete" or of (萬) - "ten thousand" or of (顽) - "stubborn", see the name Wan.