Travis (given name)

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Travis
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameNorman French: traverser "to cross"
Meaningto cross over
Region of originNormandy
Other names
Related namesTravis
Surname turned into given name.

Travis is mainly an English masculine given name of French origin. It is derived from the word "traverser" or "to cross", and was given to toll collectors who stood by a bridge or crossing.[1]

Notable people with the name include:

Fictional characters include:

  • Travis Bell, a character in Killer7
  • Travis Bickle, protagonist of the film Taxi Driver
  • Travis Coates, in the novel Old Yeller and its Disney film adaptation
  • Travis Fields, the protagonist of Oddity
  • Travis Harris, protagonist of the novel Taming the Star Runner by S.E. Hinton
  • Travis Henderson, protagonist of the film Paris, Texas, by Wim Wenders
  • Travis Maddox, protagonist of the novel Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
  • Travis Mayweather, in the American TV series Star Trek: Enterprise
  • Travis McGee, created by John D. MacDonald
  • Travis Nash, from the Australian soap opera Home and Away
  • Travis Strong, one of the main characters from the Canadian TV series Radio Free Roscoe
  • Travis Touchdown, the main character in the No More Heroes series
  • Travis (Blake's 7), a character in Blake's 7
  • Travis, a character from the British children's series Bob the Builder

Events:

References[]

  1. ^ "Travis". Belly Ballot. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
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