Sound of a Name

[gothwalk]

There's a (fairly minor) character in my Age of Legends game, whose name I apparently can't spell in English. His name is somewhere between: Auan, Avan and Awan. The Irish-style Abhan comes close, but doesn;t hit it either. I suspect only I can hear the difference, but can anyone suggest a language with another variant on the v/w/u sound?