Given name & surname
Trigg
“one who is truthful”
Trigg is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “one who is truthful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “one who is truthful.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Trigg through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 443
- 443 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 27
- #4,035 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 27 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,035 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 22.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 49 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 424 as a first name in 2020; 3,374 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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