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My name is Ravy and I disliked it as a child because I had OCD and wanted a name with more syllables. I've since grown out of that and now enjoy my name. In school it was often mispronounced as "Rev-ee" or "Rey-vee." One good thing was that I never met anyone else with my name in school so I didn't have the problem of answering a call meant for another Ravi. Also when people asked me if my name ended in an "i" or a "y" I would say "either, it doesn't matter," but that posed a problem with official documents because on my passport it was spelt with a "y" and at the doctors it was spelt with an "i" so finally I settled on ending it with a "y" because of my passport. My name's a bit of an icebreaker with Indians and they always ask me why I have an Indian name when I'm obviously NOT Indian. I explain to them that my mom liked watching Indian movies before I was born.

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Meanings and history of the name Ravi

Ravi means sun. It has Indian origins, although it is also used in Thailand and Cambodia albeit primarily for girls.

Famous real-life people named Ravi

Ravi Shankar - Indian classical musician and composer, Ravi Bopara - English cricketer, Ravi Baichwal - news anchor and reporter in Chicago, Ravi Zacheriah(?sp) Calvery chapel preacher.
Ravi Kim, South Korean main rapper, lead dancer, and vocalist of South Korean pop boy group VIXX

Ravi in song, story & screen

Ravi Ross from Disney Channel's Jessie
Ravi from the CW show iZombie