Walraven Explained

Walraven is a Dutch given name and patronymic surname.^[1] The given name is first attested in 1294 and has the Germanic roots *wald- ("ruler") and *χraban- ("raven").^[2] The German equivalent of the name is Walram.^[3] 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-c. 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)

Notes and References

1. http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=walraven&gba_naam=Walraven&nfd_naam=Walraven&operator=eq&taal= Walraven
2. http://gtb.inl.nl/iWDB/search?actie=article&wdb=VMNW&id=ID55362 Walraven
3. http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Walraven Walraven