Given name & surname
Trevis
“to cross over”
Trevis is a variant of Travis. One French interpretation is “to cross over.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Trevis is a variant of Travis. One French interpretation is “to cross over.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Trevis is a variant of Travis. An origin associated with Travis is Norman French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1940. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Trevis is a variant of Travis. The history of Travis gives this family its wider story. Travis’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Trevis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,794
- 1,784 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 63 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,868 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,868 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 63 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,410 as a first name in 2020; 196 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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