Van Wert is a city in and the county seat of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northwestern Ohio. The population was 10,846 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of and is included in the Van Wert Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Lima-Van Wert-Wapakoneta, Ohio Combined Statistical Area.
The name Dean is of English origin. The meaning of Dean is valley. Dean is generally used as a boy's name. It consists of 4 letters and 1 syllable and is pronounced Dean.
This interesting surname with variant spellings Thorn, Thornes and Thorns has two possible origins. Firstly, it is of English locational origin from one of two places called Thorne, either in Somerset or the West Riding of Yorkshire, both recorded as Torne in the Domesday Book of 1086.he first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Thorn, which was dated 1206, in the Curia Regis Rolls of Sussex, during the reign of King John, known as Lackland, 1199 - 1216.