Well, I strongly dislike
Raven as a name so I'm not disposed to like it much. I know the pronunciation of the "a" is different, at least the way I pronounce it, "ruh-VEN-uh." Is that how you are saying it too?
It does make me think of the Italian city. But there's still something about it that I can't warm up to.
As a mn it could work nicely. :-)