Given name
Trystan
Trystan is a variant of Tristan. One Celtic interpretation is “a sorrowful man; in Arthurian legend, a knight of the Round Table.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Trystan is a variant of Tristan. One Celtic interpretation is “a sorrowful man; in Arthurian legend, a knight of the Round Table.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Trystan is a variant of Tristan. An origin associated with Tristan is Celtic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Trystan is a variant of Tristan. 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
Trystan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,169
- 4,509 boys · 660 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 249 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,417 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −70%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 96% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,417 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 68.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 225 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,388 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.
Trystan’s family of names
Trystan has a related form in Tristan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Trystan
- Trystan GravelleBritish actorborn 1981
- Trystan PütterGerman actorborn 1980
- Trystan MagnusonCanadian baseball playerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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