Reaven as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Reaven

What is the meaning of the name Reaven ?

The baby name Reaven is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced RAY-vən (/ˈreɪvən/); also sometimes REE-vən (/ˈriːvən/)..

Reaven is English in Origin.

Reaven is a modern given name, most commonly understood as a creative respelling of Raven, the English word for the black corvid. Raven descends from Old English hrafn/hræfn and Old Norse hrafn, and has been used as both a byname and a nature-inspired given name. Reaven also occurs as a rare surname that occasionally migrates into first-name use, and its vowel sequence may be influenced by contemporary spellings like Rae- and -eaven (as in Heaven).

Usage of Reaven is recent and uncommon, emerging in English-speaking countries in the late 20th and early 21st centuries alongside other inventive spellings of Raven. The meaning follows its root: "raven," a bird associated with intelligence, transformation, and message-bearing in Norse, Celtic, and some Native American traditions. The name is unisex. Close variants and alternative spellings include Raven, Raeven, Rayven, and Ravyn; diminutives such as Rae/Rea or Vee are possible.

⚙ Reaven is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Reaven appears only 20 times in total — found in 11 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.