To think this name is actually quite cool?

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DD's first day back at pre-school today and there was a new little boy called Van/Vann (not sure on spelling). At first I was a bit but the more I thought about it the more I liked it, I think it is actually quite a nice name - sounds good with a nice surname too.
Friend whose DC's go to pre-school was gobsmacked and whispered, once outside the gates, 'Why not just call him Truck or Lorry?'

Not even pregnant, but think it will be going on my 'boys name list' that I mentally store

I have to say my first response was what next "here is baby car"

Not a fan of it personally, although it could start a whole new trend of children named after everyday items!

That is cool, like Van Morrison.
I may have been tempted to do the lorry joke too though, he has a lifetime of that to come I think.

Maybe his parents are Van Morrison fans?

Honestly? YABU, it's bloody awful.

Like Van Morrison? Is that short for something?

Van morrisions real name is george Ivan Morrison

I hope his surname is not Ford, or Austin, or Morris etc etc. Poor kid.

George Morrison, not so rock.

Ivan's nice though.

Is his surname White?

Van Halen or Morrison? Actually, Halen's a pretty cool name as well.

Van "the man" Morrison-how could it not be cool?

I quite like it! And not sure what this says about me but I didn't connect the whole van/car thing when I first read it!

i like it.agree van morrison(twunt in rl fwiw but love his music)so v.cool

Van Morrison in L.A. = Cool

"Van" in Weton Supermare or Rochdale = Van Tesco

or Van Sainsbo's

my first thought was vans shoes

Or maybe his surname is Gough?

There was a Van on Cbeebies birthday cards the other day. Wonder if it's the same one. I can't remember the age.

Van is a great rock name! I like it, not sure I'ld be rock n roll enough to get away with calling one of my kids that but in the right family it would be very cool!

Gwen and Bear - obviously pre-school age, but not sure exactly.. would probably say 3.5. He was the cutest little thing though!

Love the name Ivan.

No, it's not.

Am pretty sure it wasn't short for anything as at DD's pre-school they all have name cards - my DD has a 'nickname' which is short for her name and has never really been called by her 'proper name', but pre-school insisted that her full name was on her card.
Just cant remember the spelling - think it was with 2 n's - Vann.