Given name
Revna
“raven”
Revna is used as a given name. One Faroese interpretation is “raven.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Faroese interpretation is “raven.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2020. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Revna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 65
- 0 boys · 65 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,757 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,757 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Revna’s family of names
In Faroese usage, Revna shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Nynorsk form REMNA. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Revna has a related form in REMNA.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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