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Hrafn

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Gender
  
Masculine

Language(s)
  
Old Norse

Cognate(s)
  
*Hræfn, Raven

Language(s)
  
Old Norse

Meaning
  
"raven"

Hrafn

Hrafn 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. The name is paralleled by the English masculine given name Raven, which is derived from the vocabulary word "raven".

People with the name

  • Hrafn Haengsson, (fl. 10th century), Icelandic jurist and goði
  • Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, (born 1948), Icelandic moviemaker
  • Hravn Forsne (born 1988), Swedish politician who claims to be the son of French president François Mitterrand
  • Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson (born 9th century), First Norseman to deliberately sail to Iceland

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