Craven Family History
Craven Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Crabháin (County Galway) or Mac Crabháin (Louth County Monaghan) ‘descendant (or ‘son’) of Crabhán’. English (northern): habitational name from the district of Craven in Yorkshire which is probably ‘garlic place’ from a British word the ancestor of Welsh craf ‘garlic’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022