Raven Name Generator

Names for ravens, crows, and gothic corvid characters

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Generate raven names drawn from real corvid lore: Odin's Huginn and Muninn, the Tower of London ravens, Poe and gothic literature, Old Norse and Celtic raven words, and dark, glossy names for a witch's familiar or a fantasy messenger bird.

About raven names

Ravens have been named in stories for a very long time. Odin's two ravens, Huginn (thought) and Muninn (memory), remain the most famous, and Old Norse Hrafn, Danish Ravn, and German Rabe all simply mean raven. Celtic myth gives Bran (raven in Welsh), Branwen, and the Morrigan, the Irish battle goddess who takes raven form along with her sisters Badb and Macha. Latin Corvus, the crow constellation, produces Corvin, Corvina, Corbin, and Corbett, while Japanese Karasu and Kuro (black) suit an East Asian setting. The Tower of London's ravens have names too: Jubilee, Harris, Poppy, Georgie, and Edgar.

Gothic literature is the other great source. Edgar Allan Poe's Nevermore, Lenore, and Quoth are unavoidable, and Charles Dickens owned a talking raven named Grip who inspired Poe. From there the naming spreads to anything black, glossy, or ominous: Onyx, Jet, Ink, Soot, Nyx, Vesper, Omen, Augur, Requiem, Nightshade. Biblical and Victorian names (Ichabod, Mordecai, Ezekiel, Morticia, Ambrose) give a raven the dry, formal wit of a familiar or a wizard's messenger, and Diaval, Diablo, and Matthew are raven sidekicks from film and television.

The list below pulls from mythology, literature, the Tower ravens, alchemy, scarecrow lore, and gothic style so you can name a real corvid, a witch's familiar, a messenger bird, or a character called Raven who needs a surname.

How to choose raven names

  • For a pair, use a mythological duo like Huginn and Muninn or a matched theme (Omen and Augur, Vesper and Nocturne, Ink and Quill).
  • Names that literally mean raven or crow (Bran, Hrafn, Corvin, Karasu) work well when you want the meaning to be a subtle nod rather than a costume.
  • Old-fashioned human names (Mortimer, Ichabod, Ambrose, Morticia) give a raven character instant personality, especially a dry or sardonic one, and they read as gothic without being on the nose.
  • Ravens can mimic speech, so a real pet or rescue raven should get a name with a hard consonant it can pick up: Corvin, Kraki, Rook, Poe.
  • If the raven is a witch's familiar or a fantasy messenger, borrow from poison plants and omens (Nightshade, Hemlock, Augur, Portent) to tie the name to the role.

Frequently asked questions

What are famous raven names?

The best known are Huginn and Muninn, Odin's ravens in Norse myth; Nevermore from Poe's poem The Raven; Grip, Charles Dickens's pet raven; Diaval from Maleficent; Matthew from The Sandman; and the Tower of London ravens such as Jubilee, Harris, Poppy, Georgie, and Edgar.

What names mean raven or crow?

Bran and Branwen (Welsh), Hrafn (Old Norse), Ravn (Danish), Rabe (German), Corvus, Corvin, and Corbin (Latin-derived), Karasu (Japanese), and Corax and Corone (Greek and scientific) all mean raven or crow. Rook and Jackdaw name other corvids.

Are these names good for a crow instead of a raven?

Yes. Crows, rooks, jackdaws, magpies, and ravens are all corvids and share the same folklore of intelligence and omen, so nearly every name here fits a crow. Corone, Crowe, Crowley, and Cawley lean specifically toward crows.

Can I use these for a character named Raven?

Certainly. Many of the surnames and gothic given names here (Ravenscroft, Blackwood, Corvin, Ambrose, Morgana, Lenore) were included for exactly that purpose, and Raven itself pairs naturally with dark or Victorian-sounding last names.

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A: 58 names

  • Aandeg
  • Abaddon
  • Abraxas
  • Absalom
  • Acheron
  • Achlys
  • Aconite
  • Afterdark
  • Agrav
  • Aidenn
  • Alakarga
  • Alala
  • Alaric
  • Albedo
  • Albicollis
  • Alder
  • Alecto
  • Alembic
  • Alkahest
  • Allan
  • Allfather
  • Allike
  • Amanita
  • Amaranth
  • Amaryllis
  • Ambrose
  • Ambrosia
  • Amontillado
  • Amsel
  • Annabel
  • Annwn
  • Anthracite
  • Antimony
  • Apollo
  • Ararat
  • Arawn
  • Arcana
  • Arflognir
  • Aristeas
  • Artali
  • Arthur
  • Asclepius
  • Ash
  • Ashe
  • Ashen
  • Ashfall
  • Ashling
  • Ashwing
  • Asmodeus
  • Athanor
  • Atramentous
  • Auber
  • Augur
  • Auspex
  • Auspice
  • Azazel
  • Azoth
  • Azrael

B: 67 names

  • Baal
  • Badb
  • Baldrick
  • Baleful
  • Baleyg
  • Balthazar
  • Banquo
  • Banshee
  • Barbarossa
  • Barbican
  • Barnaby
  • Bartholomew
  • Basalt
  • Bauble
  • Beaky
  • Becket
  • Beelzebub
  • Beguile
  • Bele
  • Belial
  • Belladonna
  • Belphegor
  • Bendigeidfran
  • Benedict
  • Berenice
  • Bertram
  • Bileyg
  • Birnam
  • Bitumen
  • Black Jack
  • Blackbird
  • Blackburn
  • Blackfeather

B, continued

  • Blackheart
  • Blackletter
  • Blacklock
  • Blackmore
  • Blackshaw
  • Blackthorn
  • Blackwing
  • Blackwood
  • Blazon
  • Bleak December
  • Blodeuwedd
  • Bloodraven
  • Blotter
  • Bolverk
  • Bombazine
  • Borginmodi
  • Boz
  • Bram
  • Bramble
  • Bran
  • Branagh
  • Brancher
  • Branduff
  • Brannock
  • Branoc
  • Brantley
  • Branwen
  • Brennan
  • Brennus
  • Briar
  • Brokk
  • Bronagh
  • Brynhild
  • Byward

C: 117 names

  • Cacalotl
  • Cache
  • Cackle
  • Caddow
  • Cailleach
  • Calcine
  • Caliginous
  • Caligo
  • Canto
  • Cantrip
  • Caput Corvi
  • Carbo
  • Carc
  • Carmilla
  • Cassandra
  • Cathag
  • Cathal
  • Cathubodua
  • Caw
  • Cawdor
  • Cawdrey
  • Cawley
  • Cawliflower
  • Cedric
  • Censer
  • Cerberus
  • Cerridwen
  • Chaff
  • Charcoal
  • Charon
  • Chatterpie
  • Cherith
  • Chernobog
  • Chortle
  • Choucas
  • Chough
  • Chova
  • Cigfran
  • Cinder
  • Cinderwing
  • Cinis
  • Cipher
  • Circe
  • Clack
  • Clamour
  • Clattering
  • Coal
  • Cocytus
  • Conspiracy
  • Corax
  • Corb
  • Corbeau
  • Corbel
  • Corbenic
  • Corbett
  • Corbie
  • Corbière
  • Corbin

C, continued

  • Corby
  • Cormac
  • Cormag
  • Cormorant
  • Cornacchia
  • Corneille
  • Corneja
  • Cornelius
  • Cornella
  • Cornicula
  • Cornix
  • Coronach
  • Corone
  • Coronis
  • Coronoides
  • Corvello
  • Corvid
  • Corvin
  • Corvina
  • Corvinus
  • Corvo
  • Corvus
  • Courier
  • Covert
  • Craven
  • Craw
  • Crawford
  • Crawley
  • Crebain
  • Crepuscular
  • Crepuscule
  • Croak
  • Croaker
  • Cronk
  • Crow's Nest
  • Crowbar
  • Crowberry
  • Crowborough
  • Crowcombe
  • Crowe
  • Crowell
  • Crowfoot
  • Crowhurst
  • Crowissant
  • Crowland
  • Crowley
  • Crowmarsh
  • Crowmeo
  • Crowstep
  • Crowther
  • Crowthorne
  • Crucible
  • Csóka
  • Cuchulainn
  • Cuervo
  • Currawong
  • Cuthbert
  • Cypress
  • Czarny

D: 35 names

  • Damien
  • Darcy
  • Dark Moon
  • Dark Words
  • Darkling
  • Darkmoor
  • Darkness There
  • Darkwing
  • Darkwood
  • Datura
  • Daw
  • Dawnless
  • Decorum
  • Deirdre
  • Delphi
  • Diablo
  • Diaval
  • Dies Irae
  • Digitalis
  • Dirge
  • Dohle
  • Dolorous
  • Dorian
  • Dougal
  • Draco
  • Dracul
  • Dragomir
  • Draven
  • Draycott
  • Dunsinane
  • Dupin
  • Dusk
  • Duskfeather
  • Duskwing
  • Dynevor

E: 31 names

  • Ebon
  • Ebonwing
  • Ebony
  • Eclipse
  • Edgar
  • Ekster
  • Elder
  • Eldorado
  • Elegy
  • Elemauzer
  • Eleonora
  • Elijah
  • Elster
  • Ember
  • Emberwing
  • Emissary
  • Enigma
  • Envoy
  • Epigraph
  • Erebus
  • Erin
  • Erinys
  • Erroi
  • Eulalie
  • Evenfall
  • Evensong
  • Eventide
  • Evermore
  • Expeditus
  • Eyrie
  • Ezekiel

F: 30 names

  • Fancie
  • Faust
  • Faustus
  • Favilla
  • Feannag
  • Featherstone
  • Feeagh
  • Fekete
  • Fenrir
  • Fiach
  • Fiach Dubh
  • Fiachna
  • Fiachra
  • Filch
  • Fitheach
  • Fjolnir
  • Flamel
  • Flamsteed
  • Fledge
  • Flint
  • Floki
  • Foreboding
  • Fortunato
  • Foxglove
  • Freki
  • Freux
  • Frugilegus
  • Fugue
  • Fuliginous
  • Funereal

G: 54 names

  • Gáagii
  • Gagak
  • Gagat
  • Gagnrad
  • Galena
  • Galka
  • Gangleri
  • Garm
  • Garrulus
  • Garvan
  • Gavran
  • Gawron
  • Gazza
  • Geai
  • Georgie
  • Geri
  • Ghast
  • Ghurab
  • Gilead
  • Glamis
  • Gleaner
  • Gloam
  • Gloaming
  • Gloom
  • Godric
  • Gondlir
  • Gormenghast
  • Gossip
  • Grach
  • Graculus
  • Grajo
  • Gralha
  • Graphite
  • Graves
  • Greedigut
  • Grimm
  • Grimnir
  • Grimoire
  • Grimshaw
  • Grimwood
  • Grip
  • Gripp
  • Grizzel
  • Grog
  • Gudrun
  • Gundulf
  • Gunnar
  • Gunnhild
  • Guntram
  • Gurgle
  • Gwales
  • Gwydion
  • Gwylum
  • Gwynfryn

H: 72 names

  • Haar
  • Hackle
  • Hades
  • Hakon
  • Hallowtide
  • Hamlet
  • Hangatyr
  • Harakka
  • Harald
  • Harbard
  • Harbinger
  • Hardey
  • Harlech
  • Harpier
  • Harris
  • Haruspex
  • Hashibuto
  • Havi
  • Havisham
  • Havran
  • Hawthorn
  • Hazel
  • Heathcliff
  • Hecate
  • Heckle
  • Hectora
  • Hecuba
  • Heiyu
  • Hel
  • Hela
  • Helsing
  • Hematite
  • Hemlock
  • Herald
  • Herjan
  • Hex

H, continued

  • Hildr
  • Hjalmar
  • Hlidskjalf
  • Hlokk
  • Hoard
  • Hodmedod
  • Holdbodi
  • Holló
  • Hollowbone
  • Hoodie
  • Hraban
  • Hraefn
  • Hrafn
  • Hrafnagaldr
  • Hrafnagud
  • Hrafnar
  • Hrafnass
  • Hrafndís
  • Hrafney
  • Hrafnhildur
  • Hrafnista
  • Hrafnkel
  • Hrafnsmal
  • Hrafntinna
  • Hrefn
  • Hrist
  • Hroc
  • Hrokr
  • Hroptatyr
  • Huckebein
  • Hugin
  • Hugine
  • Huginn
  • Hunyadi
  • Hush
  • Hypnos

I: 8 names

  • Ichabod
  • Ingram
  • Ink
  • Inkblot
  • Inkwell
  • Inky
  • Israfel
  • Ivar

J: 13 names

  • Jac-y-do
  • Jackdaw
  • Jarmara
  • Jay
  • Jekyll
  • Jeremiah
  • Jeremy
  • Jessamy
  • Jet
  • Jinwu
  • Jinx
  • Jubilee
  • Juniper

K: 62 names

  • Kaa
  • Kaakkai
  • Kaarne
  • Kagerou
  • Kaja
  • Kakabhushundi
  • Kakesu
  • Kalagh
  • Kalon
  • Kara
  • Karasu
  • Karasuma
  • Karga
  • Kasasagi
  • Kauw
  • Kauwa
  • Kawka
  • Keepsake
  • Kenku
  • Ker
  • Kerwin
  • Kheree
  • Kkachi
  • Kkamagwi
  • Knock
  • Kohl
  • Kokuu
  • Kokuyou
  • Kolkrabe
  • Koloios
  • Koraki

K, continued

  • Korax
  • Korbin
  • Korp
  • Korppi
  • Kourouna
  • Kraa
  • Kraai
  • Krabat
  • Krage
  • Kraka
  • Kråke
  • Kraki
  • Krákr
  • Kranklys
  • Kraukle
  • Krauklis
  • Krkavec
  • Krokar
  • Kruk
  • Krummi
  • Kunguru
  • Kurai
  • Kurama
  • Kuro
  • Kuroe
  • Kurogane
  • Kurotsuki
  • Kutkh
  • Kuzgun
  • Kyffhauser
  • Kyrie

L: 25 names

  • Labradorite
  • Lacrimosa
  • Lament
  • Lammermoor
  • Lampblack
  • Landwaster
  • Lazarus
  • Lenore
  • Lestat
  • Lethe
  • Ligeia
  • Lignite
  • Lilith
  • Llyr
  • Loki
  • Lord Beakington
  • Lore
  • Lucian
  • Lucinda
  • Lugdunum
  • Lugh
  • Luna
  • Lunette
  • Lustre
  • Lycius

M: 77 names

  • Mabel
  • Macbeth
  • Macha
  • Magpie
  • Malachi
  • Malachite
  • Maleficent
  • Malice
  • Malvolio
  • Manawydan
  • Manciple
  • Mandrake
  • Manfred
  • Marlow
  • Marrow
  • Matins
  • Matthew
  • Matthias
  • Mavro
  • Mawkin
  • Medea
  • Megaera
  • Meinrad
  • Melancholy
  • Melanite
  • Melantha
  • Melmoth
  • Melusine
  • Mephisto
  • Mephistopheles
  • Merle
  • Merlin
  • Merlina
  • Merrick
  • Merrow
  • Messenger
  • Metzengerstein
  • Midnight

M, continued

  • Mimir
  • Mischief
  • Miserere
  • Missive
  • Mithras
  • Mommet
  • Monedula
  • Monody
  • Montresor
  • Moonraker
  • Moonshadow
  • Morana
  • Mordant
  • Mordecai
  • Mordred
  • Morella
  • Morfran
  • Morgana
  • Morgause
  • Morion
  • Morland
  • Moros
  • Morpheus
  • Morrigan
  • Morrow
  • Morticia
  • Mortimer
  • Mortlake
  • Morvern
  • Morwenna
  • Moses
  • Mourne
  • Munin
  • Muninn
  • Murk
  • Musta
  • Mutter
  • Myrddin
  • Myrrh

N: 37 names

  • Naakka
  • Nachtkrapp
  • Nameless
  • Nantosuelta
  • Naoise
  • Nattravn
  • Negra
  • Nemain
  • Nemesis
  • Nepenthe
  • Nera
  • Nero
  • Nettle
  • Never Say Die
  • Nevermind
  • Nevermore
  • Nib
  • Nidhogg
  • Nightbloom
  • Nightfall
  • Nightjar
  • Nightshade
  • Nightsong
  • Nightwing
  • Nigredo
  • Nimue
  • Noah
  • Noctis
  • Noctua
  • Nocturna
  • Nocturne
  • Noir
  • Nothing More
  • Nott
  • Nox
  • Nutcracker
  • Nyx

O: 17 names

  • Oak Gall
  • Obadiah
  • Obsidian
  • Odin
  • Oilslick
  • Omen
  • Ominous
  • One for Sorrow
  • Onyx
  • Ophelia
  • Oracle
  • Oreb
  • Oscen
  • Ossifragus
  • Oswald
  • Ouzel
  • Owain

P: 33 names

  • Paddock
  • Pallas
  • Palores
  • Parliament
  • Pecksniff
  • Persephone
  • Petrol
  • Phantom
  • Piapiac
  • Pica
  • Piceous
  • Pilfer
  • Pinion
  • Pioden
  • Pitch
  • Plumbum
  • Plutonian
  • Poe
  • Politian
  • Poppy
  • Porsha
  • Portcullis
  • Portent
  • Preachan
  • Premonition
  • Presage
  • Prophet
  • Prospero
  • Pruk
  • Puzzle
  • Pyewacket
  • Pygine
  • Pym

Q: 5 names

  • Qrow
  • Quill
  • Quincey
  • Quork
  • Quoth

R: 71 names

  • Raaf
  • Rabe
  • Rafe
  • Ragnar
  • Ragnhild
  • Rajani
  • Ralph
  • Ramn
  • Randgrid
  • Rapscallion
  • Rasp
  • Ratatoskr
  • Rattle
  • Ravage
  • Raven
  • Ravencourt
  • Ravenel
  • Ravenfield
  • Ravenglass
  • Ravenmaster
  • Ravenna
  • Ravensbourne
  • Ravenscar
  • Ravenscraig
  • Ravenscroft
  • Ravensdale
  • Ravenser
  • Ravenshaw
  • Ravensmoor
  • Ravenspurn
  • Ravensthorpe
  • Ravenstone
  • Ravenstonedale
  • Ravenstruther
  • Ravensworth

R, continued

  • Ravenwood
  • Ravn
  • Ravna
  • Ravndal
  • Ravnhild
  • Ravnur
  • Rawk
  • Reafan
  • Reaper
  • Reaver
  • Reginleif
  • Renfield
  • Requiem
  • Revenant
  • Rex
  • Rhiannon
  • Rhonabwy
  • Riddle
  • Roac
  • Ròcas
  • Rocky
  • Roek
  • Rook
  • Rooke
  • Rookery
  • Rookwood
  • Rowan
  • Rowena
  • Rudge
  • Rue
  • Ruin
  • Rumor
  • Rune
  • Rurik
  • Ruse
  • Rutterkin

S: 76 names

  • Sable
  • Sablewing
  • Salem
  • Samjoko
  • Sanzuwu
  • Saturn
  • Scarecrow
  • Scathach
  • Schorl
  • Scraggle
  • Scribe
  • Scrivener
  • Scruff
  • Scry
  • Secret
  • Seer
  • Selene
  • Sepulchrave
  • Sepulchre
  • Seraphim
  • Shade
  • Shadow
  • Shadwell
  • Shani
  • Sheen
  • Shungite
  • Sibyl
  • Sidhott
  • Sigil
  • Sigrdrifa
  • Sigrun
  • Sigurd
  • Sigyn
  • Sindri
  • Sir Caws-a-Lot
  • Sixpence
  • Siyah
  • Skata

S, continued

  • Skogul
  • Skotos
  • Skrawk
  • Skuld
  • Slate
  • Sloe
  • Smoke
  • Soika
  • Sojobo
  • Sonnet
  • Soot
  • Sootfeather
  • Soothsayer
  • Sootling
  • Sootwing
  • Sooty
  • Soroka
  • Sorrow
  • Specter
  • Splendens
  • Squawk
  • Sroka
  • Stanza
  • Stash
  • Stately
  • Steerpike
  • Stibnite
  • Stormcrow
  • Stormont
  • Straka
  • Stubble
  • Styx
  • Sundown
  • Surcease
  • Svart
  • Svava
  • Swindle
  • Szarka

T: 36 names

  • Taccola
  • Taliesin
  • Talisman
  • Tamerlane
  • Tar
  • Tarquin
  • Tartarus
  • Tatters
  • Tattybogle
  • Tektite
  • Tenebrae
  • Tenebrous
  • Tengu
  • Thaddeus
  • Thanatos
  • Thistle
  • Thor
  • Thorn
  • Thorne
  • Threnody
  • Thrud
  • Tidings
  • Tisiphone
  • Tok
  • Tower Green
  • Treachery
  • Treepie
  • Trickster
  • Trinket
  • Trismegistus
  • Trove
  • Tulugaak
  • Tulugaq
  • Twilight
  • Two for Joy
  • Txamsem

U: 12 names

  • Ulalume
  • Ulric
  • Umber
  • Umbra
  • Umbriel
  • Ungainly
  • Unkindness
  • Urd
  • Urien
  • Urraca
  • Usher
  • Uwak

V: 30 names

  • Valdemar
  • Valerian
  • Valerius
  • Valfather
  • Valhalla
  • Valkyrie
  • Valravn
  • Vares
  • Varis
  • Varjú
  • Varnas
  • Vathek
  • Vayasa
  • Vedrfolnir
  • Vegtam
  • Verdandi
  • Vespasian
  • Vesper
  • Vespera
  • Vesperine
  • Vespertine
  • Vincent
  • Vinegar Tom
  • Vitriol
  • Vlad
  • Vladimir
  • Voron
  • Vorona
  • Vrana
  • Vron

W: 18 names

  • Waa
  • Wakefield
  • Waldram
  • Warder
  • Watarigarasu
  • Weir
  • Whisper
  • Wintertide
  • Woe
  • Wolfbird
  • Wolfram
  • Wolfsbane
  • Wormwood
  • Wraith
  • Wren
  • Wrona
  • Wulfric
  • Wuya

X: 1 name

  • Xique

Y: 11 names

  • Yaahl
  • Yami
  • Yatagarasu
  • Ydfran
  • Yehl
  • Yeoman
  • Yew
  • Ygg
  • Yggdrasil
  • Yore
  • Yoru

Z: 4 names

  • Zebulon
  • Zophos
  • Zora
  • Zorya