Ranav
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Ranav by the numbers
Ranav was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Ranav
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ranav. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ranaking; also used in Arabic for frog16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ronav7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raynav11 in the US (2017)
- Ronanlittle seal or descendant of Rónan232 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)
- Randywolf shield; form of Randolph386 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ranav
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