Walraven is a Dutch given name and patronymic surname.Walraven at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. The given name is first attested in 1294 and has the Germanic roots *wald- ("ruler") and *χraban- ("raven").Walraven in the Early Middle Dutch dictionary The German equivalent of the name is Walram.Walraven at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands. Variants are Walrave and Walravens. People with this name include:
As a given name Walraven I van Brederode (c.1370–1417), Dutch nobility, Stadtholder of Holland 1416–1417 (1393–1456), Dutch Roman Catholic bishop Walraven II van Brederode (1462–1531), Dutch nobility, council of Maximilian of Austria Walraven III van Brederode (1547–1614), Dutch noble and ambassador (1776–1845), Dutch mayor of Utrecht Walraven van Hall (1906–1945), Dutch banker and World War II resistance leader
As a surname Walraven Isaac Walraven (1686–1765), Dutch painter, engraver and jeweler James Walraven (1949–2004), American murderer Jean Walraven (1926–2014), American hurdler Jeanne Beijerman-Walraven (1878–1969), Dutch composer Jook Walraven (born 1947), Dutch experimental physicist Nicole Walraven (born 1994), South African field hockey player Sharon Walraven (born 1970), Dutch wheelchair tennis player (1887–1943), Dutch writer and journalist
Walrave (1939–2022), Dutch track cycle motor pacer
Walravens (1841–1915), Belgian Roman Catholic bishop Hartmut Walravens (born 1944), German librarian Jean-Paul Walravens (born 1942), Belgian cartoonist, animator and film director known as "Picha" Gerard Walravens (c. 1900 – 1972), Belgian diplomat
See also 1946 Walraven, main belt asteroid named after Dutch astronomer Theodore Fjeda Walraven (1916–2008) Walraven 2, Indonesian twin-engine plane designed by (1898–1942)
References