Given name & surname
Vancouver
“the place where cows ford the river”
Vancouver is a surname from Proto-Indo-European.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vancouver goes back to a word meaning “the place where cows ford the river.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Vancouver’s family of names
In English usage, Vancouver has a short form in Van. In English usage, Vancouver has a related form in Van.
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Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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