Save Type Surname (from location) Usage English Other Forms FormsRavenscraft, Ravencraft Meaning & History habitational name from Ravenscroft (Cheshire) from the genitive case of an Old English personal name Hræfn (genitive Hræfnes from Old English hræfn "raven") and Old English croft "paddock smallholding enclosure" meaning "Hræfn's croft".