Vane

See also: vane, vanë, and väne

English

Etymology

Variant of Vanes or Fayne.

Proper noun

Vane (plural Vanes)

1. A surname.
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
   • 1914 June 7, C[harles] N[orris] Williamson, A[lice] M[uriel] Williamson, “The Screen”, in The Sunday Star, number 479 (19,611 overall), Washington, D.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, part 3 (Sunday Magazine of The Sunday Star), chapter VII, page 10, column 3:

     If it had not been for George’s early walk, and for the arrival of the red motorcar, she and Annira, and their father, and Alastair, and Uncle Edward Erskine (the Dean of Camford), and his daughter Vane would at this moment have been gaily bidding one another “Good morning” at the breakfast table.

   • 1922 January 29, “The Week’s Plays”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Her company, all English, will include Edmund Gwenn, C. M. Hallard, Herbert Marshall and Vane Featherston.

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   • 1926 November 9, “Marriage Licenses”, in Cass Cullis, editor, The Bryan Democrat, 63rd year, number 55, Bryan, Oh.: Democrat Publishing Company, →OCLC, front page, column 6:

     Vane V. Shook, fireman, Lansing, Mich., and Esther M. Messner, domestic, Edon, Ohio.

   • 2001 March 31, “[Births] Memorial Hospital of Burlington”, in The Journal Times, Racine, Wis., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3B, column 3:

     William and Lisa Hurst (Metzel), Burlington, boy, Vane McCord, March 28.

Derived terms

• Vanist

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Vane is the 39486^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 557 individuals. Vane is most common among White (86.18%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Vane”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• nave, e-van, Neva, neva, Nave, Evan, Aven, aven, Vena, vena

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbane/ [ˈba.ne]
• Rhymes: -ane
• Syllabification: Va‧ne

Proper noun

Vane f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Vanessa