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Vân

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Short form of names containing van, such as Vance or Ivan.

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Language: Vietnamese

Vanessa

Girl

Invented by author Jonathan Swift for his 1726 poem Cadenus and Vanessa.

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Vanya

Boy/Girl

This name is a diminutive of Ivan or Ivana.

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Vanja

Boy/Girl

Croatian, Serbian and Slovene form of Vanya.

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Giovanna

Girl

Italian form of Iohanna, making it the feminine form of Giovanni.

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Evan

Boy

Anglicized form of Ifan, a Welsh form of John.

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Savannah

Girl

This name comes from the English word for the large grassy plain, ultimately deriving from the Taíno word sabana.

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Donovan

Boy

From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Donndubháin, itself derived from the given name Donndubán.

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Sullivan

Boy

From an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Ó Súileabháin, itself from the given name Súileabhán, which was derived from Irish súil "eye" and dubh "dark, black" combined with a diminutive suffix.

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