Given name & surname
Travolta
Travolta is a surname from Italian. It is used in English and Italian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Travolta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 11 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 11 in 1978. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Travolta’s family of names
In Greek usage, Travolta as a surname is a transliteration of Τραβόλτα.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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