Comments for SEVAN:

The name Sevan comes from 2 Armenian words: Sev and An. Sev meaning black, An meaning lake. Thus the name means black lake.
They called it black lake because at some stage through the continuous conflict between Armenia and Turkey the Turks used to take civilians to the banks of Sevan and slaughter them.
Since black is assosiated with all things evil, the name sort of stuck.

-- sevan  2/8/2006

Hebrew 7th month, also as Sivon, Sivan.

-- chavajon  6/18/2008

I am Armenian, and this is a common name in the Armenian community. It is a boy and a girls name. I know several girls with this name and one boy who has this name. I personally prefer it as a boys name. It is pronounced SEHV-AHN.

-- Anonymous User  12/15/2008

Van is the lake that is in Turkey now. Sev means BLACK. SEV VAN because of problems that occurred there during the Genocide, Armenians call it dark days. Dark (bad) memories.

-- hasmiko  12/15/2008

Okay, I'll admit that I think the name sounds cool (or at least, it does according to how I would pronounce it), but I think it would sound just like the English word "seven". For that reason, I don't think I'd use it, even in a story. Which is actually rather a shame, I think it looks nice written out on paper.

-- Pippin  7/5/2009

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