Name Element HRÆFN - Behind the Name

Type Word

Meaning & History

Old English word meaning "raven".

Other Languages & Cultureshram(Frankish) hrabnaz(Old Germanic) hraban, hram(Old High German) hrafn(Old Norse) hram(Old Saxon)

Given Name DescendantsRaven, Ravenna(English)

Bosworth and Toller. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), page 555, available from http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/texts/oe_bosworthtoller_about.html.