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I love Raven for a boy, first or middle name. There are just so many female Raven's on tv and they tend to be annoying characters that I just have problems liking it on a girl. I keep thinking to myself that the characters are raven' mad. :P

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I prefer Ravenna, said ruh-ven-nuh for a girl. It's actually a near-by neighborhood and a very nice park. And of course a place in Italy, but I don't know if the place in Italy is said the same way. :p

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This message was edited 9/13/2007, 4:49 AM

I think Raven is more feminine than masculine, but as a mn it could work.

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I like:
Jazz (for a girl as a nn)
Ivory
September

My image of the name Raven is too femme for a boy. As a male name it sounds like the name of a vamp character to me; over-the-top, about as far over as a girl named Logan. I guess because I've seen Raven used in a very mainstream way on girls/women, but never seen it on guys. Still it wouldn't be awful -- it would just be squicky to me at first. And as a middle name, pretty much whatever floats your boat.

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Trilby - sounds self-consciously fin de siècle, and such an unfortunate character to name someone after (probably only because she was supposed to be very beautiful anyway =P). I'm not approving, even though I know her generation won't even know what I'm talking about. Besides, now it's just a hat. A boy named Beckham - seems mediocre and predictable, but it'll probably fly just fine.

My doctor's mn is Raven. (He's a guy) I think it's cool. I think it would be a little too feminine for a fn though, because of that darn TV show.

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I love Eugene and Ivory (for either gender).

I'd like Raven for a boys mn.

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from the BA's I like Jett, Ivory, September and Tilbey (though I prefer Trilby)

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Luxiana