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Comments for RAVEN:
Means: courage, wisdom, leadership, trickster or cunning.-- Anonymous User 2/28/2005
Those are not the meanings of the name, it's what could be associated with the Raven bird.-- Renfawel 7/2/2007
The raven, along with many other animals, were considered signs of death during times of superstition.-- echo_of_the_past 6/21/2005
Famous Bearer: Actress Raven-Symoné, who goes by Raven, stars in the TV series "That's so Raven". Also she has been in Dr. Dolittle 1 and 2, and the Princess Diaries: The Royal Engangement. Also, I love this name.-- Doris 7/31/2005
There is a cartoon character called Raven in Teen Titans. She is said to be the End Of The World, but luckily her friends and Raven stopped it. Raven means "death" and other things which are bad.-- SeaShellClub 8/10/2005
"The Raven" is a narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe.-- Elphi 12/20/2005
I think this name means "Bad Omen" since it is often used as a bad sign. Like in Edgar Alan Poe's "The Raven". Or that movie called "Omen" where the Raven kills people. That is my opinion of the name.-- Anonymous User 2/17/2006
One of the two Tlingit moieties (major clans). The other is the Eagle.-- Dray 4/15/2006
In old English legend, it is said that when the Ravens leave the Tower of London, the British empire will fall. When threats of Bird Flu arose in 2005, the Ravens were shut up to protect their health.-- Pheadirean 6/4/2006
This name is NOT a bad omen and in the bible it is a good thing. The birds that fed Elijah, hello. Since this is my middle name I quite like it and the fact it is unique. People are always saying it's awesome and I am proud to have it as my nickname and middle name.-- Anonymous User 7/7/2006
Raven is a wonderful name. It is beautiful and mysterious at the same time. I don't think it's necessary to think it's evil just because the bird is black and Raven DOES NOT mean death. Like it says here, it simply means "black bird."-- zev 9/10/2006
No offense, but I have just never liked this name for a person.-- Anonymous User 10/29/2006
Yuck. Trennnnndyyy!-- Anonymous User 11/30/2006
The Norwegian variant is Ravn, a masculine name.
The entry states that the raven was the sacred bird of Odin. Sacred is not necessarily correct, but they were undoubtly associated with him. Odin had two ravens, Hugin and Mugin. Both flew out into the world each morning and returned in the evening to tell Odin what they had seen. [noted -ed]
Ravens are also assosiated with The Morrigan in Celtic mythology. One of the forms The Morrigan took was that of a raven.
Not surprisingly in the Norwegian armed forces the raven is assosiated with Intelligence.
Two ravens form the Norwegian Intelligence Services, The Intelligence Batalion and the Defence School of Intelligence & Security's insignier.-- labhrainn 12/14/2006
I met a boy with this name the other day and I felt that it really suited him, just like it suits the female bearer than I know. I personally think this name is one of the few that works for either gender!-- khaotickharma 12/18/2006
I'd like this name because of Poe's poem, if it weren't so trendy.-- black_lace 1/12/2007
Raven Simone & the children's T. V. Show "That's so Raven" has made this name much more known. Now it just seems trendy and insubstantial. A Raven can also be an omen of death which is not something I would want my child to be associated with in any way.-- Kitten 1/19/2007
I find this more of a name for a girl rather than a boy. No offense to boys named this out there, just saying what I think.-- Luangi 4/30/2007
It's okay, even though as someone pointed out ravens are usually very negative symbols. As far as a name, it's nice, but it has too much association with the girl from That's So Raven for me, and I really hate that show.-- Anonymous User 5/27/2007
Although the name Raven itself doesn't mean death, the bird of its namesake is often associated with death. This is most because the Raven is a known scavenger feeding off of dead animals, they also have a sense when an animal is weak and dying and will often hang around a dying animal waiting for its demise. So whenever a large flock of ravens is seen it usually, not always though, means something/someone is about to die. In ancient, ancient times bodies of criminals put to death were left to the ravens as well as other scavengers, they also seem to have stayed around for the killing of the criminal. The bird also has a habit of hanging around cemetaries. So it is no wonder why ravens are seen as a bad omen and associated with death and why the name provokes some negativity.
I actually like the name, for me it provokes a feeling of mystery and a connection to nature.-- Anonymous User 5/31/2007
I think this name CAN work for people, and I like it. It gives me the image of a very strong, maybe mysterious person. I know it may be looked at as meaning death, but it is also associated with intelligence. It doesn't give me a negative feeling. I think it works better on a boy than a girl though.-- WritersEye 6/6/2007
I personally think that Raven sounds good as a boy's name.-- flamestar 8/13/2007
'Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."'
I like ravens, and think I'd like this too, if it didn't summon up images of sulky goth teens. Or have so many horrendous 'alternative' spellings, like Raevin and Rayvyn. Urgh.-- Pie 10/22/2007
I met a girl named Raeven. I don't like it and her parents could have at least named her Raven.-- Anonymous User 11/27/2007
Like the person before me, I met a girl named Raeven. I agree that her parents should have spelled it correctly. With the added E it looks tacky.-- Libby2 12/30/2007
Love, love, LOVE Ravenna (rah-VENN-uh) but I can't stand Raven. Too trendy!-- Skittsie13 3/26/2008
It's a cool name but it sounds almost negative.-- number1212 5/1/2008
My guess is that this name is very popular with young, naive, and immature parents who don't really bother thinking past how cool and edgy the name sounds on a young person to consider how strange it might sound on a very conventional middle-aged person. This doesn't really sound like a feminine name to me, and it will sound very bizarre on a person who looks conventional, no matter the age or sex. Don't even think about giving this name to someone who doesn't have dark hair. It will not work. This sounds like the name of some pale, black-haired, angst-ridden teen boy. I suppose such teens pick this name for their future child, regardless of their sex.-- slight night shiver 5/3/2008
I like this name on either gender, but I prefer it on boys because it sounds WAY too trendy for girls. It sounds really mysterious on guys, though. It also makes me think of That's So Raven when I hear it on girls, and I hate that show. -.--- Jesus_Freak 5/26/2008
Raven De Head, the middle child of the infamous De Head family in "The Big Birkett", alternately known as "The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely, Lost it". All of the boys in the De Head family - sons of the man who blew the head off the statue of the town's founder - are named after birds.
I like this name on anyone, really, mainly because I've heard of several different Ravens: Raven De Head, Raven-Symone, and Raven from Teen Titans. I'm sure there are more that I just have yet to see.-- MioneGranger 8/29/2008
Xandria has a song called "Ravenheart", from their album of the same name. The song is a reference to the Edgar Allan Poe poem "The Raven". There's a line in the song that goes:
"Will I get back whom I adore?
Thus spoke the Raven: Nevermore"
Obviously a reference to "The Raven". "Ravenheart" is Xandria's most famous song. I think Raven is a beautiful name.-- harry_sent_me 10/13/2008
In the book Sunshine by Robin McKinley, the name of the main character is Raven, and her nickname is Rae, which then gave her the nickname Sunshine, which is what she went by. It's interesting because Raven makes you think of darkness and night, and Sunshine makes you think of light and day. It actually made sense, because the book was about vampires, and Sunshine was a vampire slayer. Though she also fell in love with the vampire Constantine. Anyway, it's a great book, and I love the names Raven and Sunshine, though I don't like Rae.-- harry_sent_me 10/13/2008
Raven is the name of one of the (male) main characters in the game Tales of Vesperia for the XBox360.-- Anonymous User 12/22/2008
The actual bird is cool, the name is hideously trendy.-- Kerules 4/5/2009
Raven: one of those quintessential goth names. Whenever I hear this as a name, I think of a girl who is obsessed with vampire movies, black clothes, depression, drugs, and cutting herself. It also brings to mind a porn star. Not a very classy name.-- bananarama 4/9/2009
I happen to love this name! A good friend of mine is named Raven. The cool thing about her name is that it is really easy to remember for some reason. No one has gotten her name wrong yet (remembering who she is AND her name spelling). That's lucky!-- Anonymous User 6/2/2009
Alexander Raven Thompson, who was normally styled A. Raven Thompson, was a prominent British Fascist (one of Sir Oswald Mosley's lot) in the 1930s-50s.-- Just Jonquil 8/19/2009
I love this name. However, it is ridiculously gothic, so I doubt many people could get away with naming their child Raven. ;)-- dischord33 5/11/2010
I once met a man named Raven. He was a nice guy, but I honestly felt a bit sorry for him. The name is gothic, youthful, and, in my opinion, feminine. It won't suit a middle-aged woman and it especially won't fit on any snooty bimbo or intelligent business woman. Plus, the whole "bad omen" thing isn't a nice meaning for any name.-- Black_X 7/10/2010
I love it! I think it sounds beautiful and gothic.-- Grace_Scarlette 8/11/2011
To me, this name is tacky and made-up. Sorry. Had to get that out there. Ravenna is cool enough, but I don't find Raven pretty AT ALL. And people spell it "tryndee" like Ravynne. I think this name and all its variants are ugly. Sorry to the Ravens.-- blondieboo629 8/24/2011
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