NAME PROFILE
Traven
A name derived from Old English elements meaning 'desiring peace' or 'resolute peace.' This name suggests a person who possesses a calm inner strength and a natural ability to bring people together through diplomatic and peaceful means.
Key Stats
| Total births | 813 |
| Gender | Male (3% / 97%) |
| Peak year | 1993 |
| Peak generation | Millennial |
| First recorded | 1993 |
| Most recent | 2009 |
| Syllables | 2 |
| Origin | — |
| Comeback name | No |
Popularity Trend (1910–2025)
19102025
Top States
IL — 20%UT — 20%TX — 20%LA — 20%OH — 20%
Notable People
Wilferd Peterson (Author of 'The Art of Living') · Wilferd Madelung (Historian and author of 'The Succession to Muhammad') · Wilferd R. Moore (Distinguished jurist and legal expert) · Wilf Carter (Pioneering country musician known as 'Montana Slim') · Wilfred Owen (Renowned war poet whose name is the primary root of this variant)
Nicknames & Diminutives
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