Given name
Tris
“one who blesses others”·“of noble descent”
In English use, Tris is a diminutive of Beatrice. One Latin interpretation is “one who blesses others.” In English use, Tris is a diminutive of Tristan. One Celtic interpretation is “a sorrowful man; in Arthurian legend, a knight of the Round Table.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Tris is a diminutive of Beatrice. One Latin interpretation is “one who blesses others.” In English use, Tris is a diminutive of Tristan. One Celtic interpretation is “a sorrowful man; in Arthurian legend, a knight of the Round Table.” In English use, Tris is a diminutive of Patricia. In English use, Patricia carries the interpretation “of noble descent.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Tris is a diminutive of Tristram. A possible origin is Celtic, although the derivation remains uncertain. In English use, Tris is a diminutive of Beatrice. An origin associated with Beatrice is Latin. In English use, Tris is a diminutive of Tristan. An origin associated with Tristan is Celtic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Tris is a diminutive of Patricia. In English usage, Tris is a diminutive of Tristan.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Tris is a diminutive of Tristram. The history of Tristram gives this family its wider story. Tristram’s literary history includes the stories of King Arthur and his knights.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Tris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 191
- 59 boys · 132 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 21 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 girls is 6 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 346 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tris’s family of names
In English usage, Tris is a diminutive of Patricia. Tris has a related form in Tristan. In English usage, Tris is a diminutive of Tristan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tris
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Tris, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“one who is sorrowful”
>99% girls
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>99% girls