[LMB] Barrayaran names (was Minorities In Europe (And On Barrayar...?)

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In a message dated 5/2/2006 2:22:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dtilque at nwlink.com writes:

Vorgustafson, as has been pointed out by others, is  Scandinavian.
But "Vann" is the guy's first name, not a Dutch  patronymic.



M:
 
What nationality would it be?  The only "Van" (first name) I've  ever known 
was short for "Ivan".
 
Mary