83%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Germanic [1] Meaning & History From an Old German byname derived from hraban meaning "raven". Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RoothrabanVariantRabanOther Languages & CulturesRaven(English) Roan, Ronne(Frisian) Hrafn(Icelandic) Hrafn(Old Norse) Categories birds, black Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 870.