Given name

Hrafn

“raven”

Hrafn is used as a given name. One Icelandic interpretation is “raven.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Icelandic interpretation is “raven.”

Hrafn’s family of names

In Icelandic usage, Hrafn has a diminutive in Krummi. In Icelandic usage, Hrafn shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Nynorsk form RAMN. In Icelandic usage, Hrafn has a related form in RAFN.

Walk Hrafn’s family in the name graph

HrafnRafnKrummiRavenRamnRavnRavnurHraban

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Hrafn has relatives in 5 languages.

Icelandic

5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 5

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Hrafn

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

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