Given name & surname
Trew
“one who is honest”
Trew is a variant of True. One American interpretation is “one who is honest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Trew is a variant of True. One American interpretation is “one who is honest.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Trew is a variant of True. An origin associated with True is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Trew through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 174
- 158 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,721 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,721 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 181 as a first name in 2020; 934 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.
Trew’s family of names
Trew has a related form in True. In English usage, Trew as a surname has a related form in TROW.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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