Given name
Tristana
“one who is sorrowful”
Tristana is a variant of Trista. In English use, Trista carries the interpretation “one who is sorrowful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tristana is a variant of Trista. In English use, Trista carries the interpretation “one who is sorrowful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tristana connects to the Tristan name family through Trista. An origin associated with Tristan is Celtic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian usage, Tristana is a feminine form of TRISTANO.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Tristana connects to the Tristan name family through Trista. The history of Tristan gives this family its wider story. Tristan’s literary history includes the stories of King Arthur and his knights.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Tristana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25
- 0 boys · 25 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 8 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 5 in 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1971.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tristana’s family of names
In Italian usage, Tristana is a feminine form of TRISTANO. Tristana has a related form in Trista.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 Tristana
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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