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Around the world, Graven (Graf
, Graven
, Grav
) is a rare mostly boy's, but seldom female forename. The first name Graven is habitual in Switzerland, where it is a rare unisex name, Austria, where it is a rare masculine name, and Georgia. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Germany, China, and Switzerland. More frequently, Graven is the last name as well as the forename.
Graven is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Graf Toren , the fictional character, Green Lantern; Graf Brühl , the operatic character in the operetta Adrienne; Graf Almaviva , the operatic character in the opera Le nozze di Figaro, The Marriage of Figaro; Graf Kayserling , the operatic character in the operetta Adrienne and Graf Ferry Hegedüs , the operatic character in the opera Viktoria und ihr Husar, and in many other works.