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Ravenshaw

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Meaning
  
"Raven" "wood"

Region of origin
  
England

Related names
  
Ranshaw, Ramshaw, Renshaw, Renishaw, Renshall, Ravenshaw

Ravenshaw is an English surname from Derbyshire, County Durham, Northumberland, and Warwickshire. There are various theories to the meaning, but the simplest is "raven" (either a bird or a personal name), and "wood". The oldest historical record of a surname variant was that of "Stephen de Ravenshagh", 1332, Lancashire. There are other variants. Ravenshaw is uncommon as a given name.

People with the surname include:

  • Edward Vincent Ravenshaw (1854–1880), Scottish footballer
  • Hurdis Ravenshaw (1869 – c. 1920), British Army officer
  • John Goldsborough Ravenshaw II, (1777–1840), chairman of the British East India Company
  • Thomas Edward Ravenshaw (1827–1914), educator, founder of Ravenshaw College, and a member of the British East India Company

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