To think this name is actually quite cool?

[KateShmate]

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

Ivan nn Van has slam dunked into my imaginary boys names number one slot.
I love it!
Girl's number one has been Ivy for ages.
Figures. :)

FlightRisk hahaha - its silly really, we already have 5 DD's and pretty sure we aren't going to have another - but if I somehow got pregnant, I know what we'd call it already!
P.s Fallon is gorgeous!

Catspee Im the same - I cant stop thinking about it now and how much I actually really like it.

There's a boy at DS' school called Aryan - I did a double take at the name until I realised from the surname that they're Indian and so most likely it's not what it seems!

I'm sure DS' name has also raised a few eyebrows, but people soon get used to names and that's the end of it.

I have Hunter for rthe imaginary boy child I will never have.

No more girls names!

I knew an (adult) Vann as a child: very much not a rocker or middle class and it was fine as a name.

I love it . And my name for the DD I'll never have is also Ivy perplexedpirate.

Hi there
We've moved this to baby names
Thanks
M Towers

ds has a friend called Vaughn, pronounced Von. I guess it's in a similar vein. i have a friend called Lori, but then we live in North America where there are no vans or lorries, just different sized trucks. I think that they are both quite English terms.

I like Van, Vann, Ivan and Vaughn very much.

I had a mate at uni called Laurie Carr. Didn't seem to bother him.

(waves at Lorry if he is by any chance a mumsnetter...)

I like it, there was a character on a TV show in New Zealand called Van West, he had a twin brother Jethro (both played by the same actor) and both names went on my boys list!

I know a Van, short for Donovan, I think. Everyone calls him Van though and it suits him.

Van is a Vietnamese boys' name.

I like it!

Aryan is a pretty common Indian boys name. I know 2 of them. I know it slightly shocked our US office too. I don't know what they expected but I know it wasn't a short 35 year old Asian guy

From the replies, I will conclude that I ANBU!
Vann is on 'mental boys name' list for definite!