Hrafn
GenderMasculine
Language(s)Old Norse
Origin
Language(s)Old Norse
Meaning"raven"
Other names
Cognate(s)*Hræfn, Raven

Hrafn (Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈhrɑvn]; Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈr̥apn̥]) is both a masculine byname, and personal name in Old Norse. The name translates into English as "raven". The Old English form of the name is *Hræfn.[1] The name is paralleled by the English masculine given name Raven, which is derived from the word "raven".[2] The feminine form of this name is Hrefna.[3]

People with the name

References

  1. Reaney, Percy Hilde; Wilson, Richard Middlewood (2006), A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.), London: Routledge, p. 2594, ISBN 0-203-99355-1
  2. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 226, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
  3. Peterson, Lena (2007), Nordiskt runnamnslexikon, Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen, p. 345, ISBN 978-91-7229-040-2
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