Trevor (Trefor in the Welsh language) is a common given name or surname of Welsh origin. It is an habitational name, deriving from the Welsh tre(f), meaning "homestead", or "settlement" and fawr, meaning "large, big". The Cornish language equivalent is Trevorrow and is most associated with Ludgvan.[1]

Trevor
GenderMale
Origin
Language(s)Welsh, Cornish, Irish
Meaning"of the large homestead/settlement"

Trevor is also a reduced Anglicized form of the Gaelic Ó Treabhair (descendant of Treabhar), which may derive from the original Welsh name.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195081374.
  2. ^ Davis, Ben (17 December 2020). "Is Trevor an Irish name?". Retrieved 31 October 2021.