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 a locational name which derives from the village of Collingham (Bridge) near Wetherby in Yorkshire. The name is Anglo-Saxon and means 'the farm or homestead (ham) of the family (ing) of Coll-a personal name which probably derived from Nicolas.Locational names were usually given to former inhabitants who moved to another area, a system which also created the problem of transposed spellings.The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Johannes de Colyngham. which was dated 1379, in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls.during the reign of King Richard 11, known as Richard of Bordeaux 1378 - 1400.he name is Anglo-Saxon and means 'the farm or homestead (ham) of the family (ing) of Coll-a personal name which probably derived from Nicolas.