Ravenhill

English

Etymology

From the Old Norse female given name Hrafnhildr, composed of the elements hrafn (“raven”) + hildr (“battle”).

Proper noun

Ravenhill (plural Ravenhills)

1. A surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Ravenhill is the 8014^th most common surname in England, belonging to 803 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ravenhill”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.