Given name & surname
Trevelyan
“homestead or settlement (Cornish tref) of Elian”
Trevelyan is used as a given name and a surname. One Cornish interpretation is “homestead or settlement (Cornish tref) of Elian.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Cornish interpretation is “homestead or settlement (Cornish tref) of Elian.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Cornish.
How it developed
It entered given-name use through an existing surname.
The story
Its naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Trevelyan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 6 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 6 in 2000. 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.
Trevelyan’s family of names
Trevelyan has a related form in Trevelian.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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