Given name & surname
Trai
“the third-born child”
Trai is a variant of Trey. One English interpretation is “the third-born child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Trai is a variant of Trey. One English interpretation is “the third-born child.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Trai is a variant of Trey. An origin associated with Trey is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Trai through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 277
- 277 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 27 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 476 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Trai’s family of names
Trai has a related form in Trey. In Greek usage, Trai as a surname is a transliteration of Τραή.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Trai
- Trai ByersAmerican actorborn 1983
- Trai TurnerAmerican football playerborn 1993
- Trai EssexAmerican football playerborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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