|
||||||
Van is an all-time favorite. At present it is still somewhat popular as a baby boy name, but not as much as it was before. In 1900, 0.035% of baby boys were given the name Van. It was #273 in rank then. The baby name has markedly declined in popularity since then, and it is used only on a very modest scale in recent years. In 2007, it ranked at #810 with a usage of 0.012%. Out of the family of boy names directly linked to Van, Vance (English) was the most regularly used. It was 22% more regularly used than Van in 2007. Baby names that sound like Van include Vaughan (English and Welsh), Vaughn (English), Vin (English), Vinnie (English), Vinny (English), Vivian (English and German), and Viviano (Italian). KEY: Pronunciation for Van: V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" A famous person named Van is Singer Van Morrison, born George Ivan Morrison 31 August 1945, Belfast, Ireland.
|
