as a Last Name
- 668
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Ravenel
Meaning & Origins
French: 1. habitational name from Ravenel in Oise. 2. metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of horseradish, from a diminutive of Old French ravene ‘horseradish’ (Latin raphanus). This name is also established in Switzerland, and may have been brought to the U.S. from there.
| 36,727th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Raven, Ravelo, Raver, Ravenell, Ravenscroft, Rave, Ravenscraft, Ravert, Ravel, Raveling
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 668
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Carolina
- has the most people named Ravenel per capita
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