Girl name origins & meanings
- English : Dark haired; wise; a bird
Family name origins & meanings
- North German and Dutch : from Middle Low German rave(n), Dutch raaf ‘raven’, applied as a nickname for a thievish or dark-haired person.
- Catalan or Spanish : unexplained; possibly from Catalan rave ‘rape’ (the plant), or a habitational name from Rabé in Burgos.