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 is an interesting medieval locational name of English and Scots origin, from places so called in Gloucestershire, Berwick, and Aberdeen. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century hunta, a hunter, and leah, a wood or clearing in a wood.