Raven

A surname.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.
    • William King, Daniel Giles, and Samuel Raven, the other defendants in the bill named, who were described as the trustees nominated by the parties, of the fifth part. - 1833, “Easter term 1833”, in The Law Journal for...
    • Mr. F. Haydon said he was an undertaker at Stockwell. He conducted the funeral of W. Raven, the registry of whose death was proved by Mr. Booth - 1855 November 5, “A narrative of law and crime”, in Charles Dickens,...
    • Several senior railway engineers reached the IMechE pinnacle of being appointed president: Sir Vincent Raven (1912), [...]. - 2019 November 20, Philip Haigh, “A prestigious institution”, in Rail, page 69:
  2. A female given name from English for a girl with raven hair, used since the 1970s.
    • I want you to do a background check on a woman named Raven Anderson. Waist-length black hair, violet eyes, tall, striking. Late twenties, I'd say. - 1987, Kay Hooper, Raven on the Wing, page 33:
    • Raven-Symoné and Anneliese van der Pol will reprise their roles as best friends Raven Baxter and Chelsea Daniels. - 2017 April 5, Lisa Respers France, “'That's So Raven' sequel is happening”, in CNN Entertainment:
  3. A male given name.
    • Raven Allen — Originally from the Zone, he becomes a member of the Psi:Ko when he is kidnapped with his brothers by trackers. - 2013, Natsuya Uesugi, grydscaen, page 9:
  4. A place name:

    1. A community in Red Deer County, Alberta, Canada, possibly named after the Raven River.

    2. A number of places in the United States:

      An unincorporated community in Prairie Township, Edgar County, Illinois.

    3. A number of places in the United States:

      An unincorporated community in Knott County, Kentucky.

    4. A number of places in the United States:

      An unincorporated community in Brown County, Nebraska.

    5. A number of places in the United States:

      A census-designated place in Russell County and Tazewell County, Virginia.

    6. A village in Kardzhali province, Bulgaria.

    7. A village in Gostivar municipality, North Macedonia.

  5. Synonym of Corvus (“a constellation of the southern sky south of the constellation Virgo, said to resemble a crow”).

    Synonyms: Corvus