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Van is a masculine given name and nickname, sometimes a short form of Evan, Ivan, Vance, or the feminine Vanessa. It may refer to:

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• Given name
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• Fictional characters

People

Fictional characters

• Van, from the Pixar film Cars; see List of Cars characters
• Van, from the PlayStation game Chrono Cross; see Characters of Chrono Cross
• Van, from the anime Gun X Sword; see List of Gun Sword characters
• Van Arkride, from the Trails series
• Van Fanel, from the anime The Vision of Escaflowne; see List of The Vision of Escaflowne characters
• Van Flyheight, from the anime Zoids: Chaotic Century
• Van Garg, one of Gargamel's incarnations and the final antagonist appearing in The Smurfs
• Van Hohenheim, from the Fullmetal Alchemist franchise; see List of Fullmetal Alchemist characters
• Van Kleiss from Generator Rex
• Van Montgomery, from the TV series Reba; see List of Reba characters
• Van Veen, main character of Vladimir Nabokov's Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
• Van Wilder, protagonist of the film National Lampoon's Van Wilder
• Van Yamano (Ban Yamano in the Japanese version), a main protagonist from the game and anime Little Battlers Experience
• Vanessa ‘Van’ Palmer, a character on the TV Series Yellowjackets

Name list

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