| The boy name Raban [ syll. ra-ban, rab-an ] is pronounced as RAABahN KEY. Raban is largely used in German and it is derived from Germanic origins. Biblical name derived from the element 'hramn' which has the meaning raven. The name was borne by Rabanus Maurus (780-856), a Frankish Benedictine monk. Raban is not widely used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Raban include Robin (English), Raven (English), Reuben (English and Hebrew), Reuven (Hebrew), Roban (Irish and Scottish), Robbin (Dutch), Ruben (Dutch, German, Hungarian, Italian, Scandinavian, and Slavic), Rubén (Spanish), Ruuben (Finnish), and Ruupeni (Finnish). KEY: approx English pronunciation for Raban: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
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