Draven
Meaning of Draven
Draven, pronounced DRAY-vən, emerges in the lexicon of modern English given names as a masculine adaptation of a little-attested medieval surname—possibly derived from the Old English dræfan, “to drive, hunt, or pursue”—whose contemporary revival owes much to 1994’s cult film “The Crow,” wherein the protagonist Eric Draven imbued the word with brooding gravitas. Although its cinematic debut positioned the name on the cultural radar, its demographic trajectory has been deliberate rather than explosive: from a modest 54 recorded births in 1994, Draven climbed into the low- to mid-500s on the U.S. popularity charts by the late 2000s, and has since settled into a stable band between ranks 553 and 776, signaling sustained but restrained appeal. Phonetically straightforward yet orthographically distinctive, the name marries the avian allure of “Raven” to a consonantal prefix that tempers the gothic edge with a grounded, almost chivalric resonance, thereby offering parents an option that is simultaneously unconventional and readily intelligible in Anglo-American speech communities. In sum, Draven occupies a nuanced onomastic niche: neither antique nor ephemeral, it confers on its bearer an impression of silent strength and purposeful motion, qualities subtly echoed in the word’s etymological suggestion of pursuit and guardianship.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as DRAY-vuhn (/dreɪˈvən/)
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