Ravenshaw

{{Infobox surname | name = Ravenshaw |image= |imagesize= |caption= | pronunciation = | meaning ="Raven" "wood" | region =England | origin = | variant =Ranshaw, Ramshaw, Renshaw, Renishaw, Renshall, Ravenshaw | footnotes= }} '''Ravenshaw''' is an English surname from Derbyshire, County Durham, Northumberland, and Warwickshire. There are various theories to the meaning, but the simplest is "raven" (either a bird or a personal name), and "wood". The oldest historical record of a surname variant was that of "Stephen de Ravenshagh", 1332, Lancashire. There are other variants. Ravenshaw is uncommon as a given name.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Ravenshaw |title=Surname: Ravenshaw |publisher=surnamedb.com |accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref>

People with the surname include: * Edward Vincent Ravenshaw (1854–1880), Scottish footballer * Hurdis Ravenshaw (1869 – c. 1920), British Army officer * John Goldsborough Ravenshaw II, (1777–1840), chairman of the British East India Company * Thomas Edward Ravenshaw (1827–1914), educator, founder of Ravenshaw College, and a member of the British East India Company

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==See also== * Renshaw (disambiguation)

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Category:English-language surnames