Is "Van" a viet boy name?

People told me it's either a girl's name or a boy's middle name. It's not one of those names that can go either way. My bro told me it was meant to be a dutch name and my parents in a way want to have my name to be associated with both westernly(if that's a word)/vietnamese.

I'm vietnamese, chinese, and part french btw. my parents grew up in vietnam though.
It's odd how my brother and sisters have english names (connie, tony, tracy) except for me.

it is normal...
like chinese Jin, can be both girl and boy.. vietnamese Thanh can be both boy and girl

well...the reason i asked in the first place is that it doesn't seem normal to many viet ppl around here. they seem to know about it more than i do. is the name more viet or dutch? and what does dutch gotta do with anything?

i know two vietnamese..one his name is Duc one is Tri

I knew a Vietnamese guy named Van.

is that his middle name? i know many ppl associating themselves with a middle name

i think it is their first name, because that's how everyone call them

There is about 10 differnt meanings for Van. And some of those meanings will associated with guys name and some will associate with girls name.

I know a few Vans.. Rip Van Rickle, Rob Van Damn ,Van Dam, Rob Van Winkle AKA Vanilla Ice..

lol my friends called van diesel, van helsing, van dam

Yep, it's his first name. That's what the teacher called him in class too.

my dad got a "van" but it his middle name..
but most white ppl called him "van"

I know a girl who's name is vân, which means cloud. So vân is a girl's name (i think).

"van" is also a Dutch word. It means "of" or "from" in English. Calling someone "van" in Dutch makes no sense.

so hey is huy`nh a boy name

huynh a boy name.. my bro name is huynh

my surname is huynh.

my dad's middle name is van.

i don't get how my parents name me though...it's just too weird. my siblings got american names and i got a girl's name that means "cloud".

I don't know any boys at at with the name Van around here. But there's about 6 girls with those names so I always saw it as a girl's name. But most Vietnamese names goes both ways.

is it Va.n or Va^n , Va.n is a boy's name and Va^n is a girl's name