Trevor
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Welsh, Cornish, Irish |
| Meaning | "of the large homestead/settlement" |
Trevor (Trefor in Welsh the Welsh language) is a common given name or surname of Welsh origin. It is an habitational name, deriving from the Welsh tre(f), meaning "homestead", or "settlement" and fawr, meaning "large, big". The Cornish language equivalent is Trevorrow and is most associated with Ludgvan.[1]
Trevor is also a reduced Anglicized form of the Gaelic Ó Treabhair (descendant of Treabhar), which may derive from the original Welsh name.[2]
As a surname
The Trevor dynasty have for centuries been associated with the Llangollen and Chirk areas in Denbighshire, north-east Wales:
- John Trevor I was Bishop of St Asaph (1352–1357)
- John Trevor II was Bishop of St Asaph (1395–1402)
- Robert Hampden-Trevor, 1st Viscount Hampden of the first creation (1706–1783), Diplomat
- Baron Trevor is a British peerage title.
Notable people with the surname Trevor include:
- Claire Trevor (1910–2000), American actress
- Glen Trevor (1900–1954), pen-name of James Hilton
- Hugh Trevor (1903–1933), American actor
- John Trevor (disambiguation), various people
- William Trevor (1928–2016), Irish writer
- William Spottiswoode Trevor (1831–1907), recipient of the Victoria Cross
Fictional characters include:
- Steve Trevor, in the DC Comics, 1970s television series and 2017 film Wonder Woman
As a given name
Notable people with the forename Trevor include:
- Trevor Ariza (born 1985), American basketball player
- Trevor Bailey, English cricketer
- Trevor Bauer, American baseball player
- Trevor Bayne, NASCAR Driver
- Trevor Baylis (1937–2018), British inventor
- Trevor Bayliss, Australian cricket coach
- Trevor Berbick, boxer
- The Hon. Sir Trevor Bigham, policeman
- Trevor Bolder, British musician, bassist for Uriah Heep
- Sir Trevor Brooking, English footballer
- Trevor Cahill, baseball player
- Trevor Chappell, Australian cricketer
- Sir Trevor Chinn (born 1935), British businessman and philanthropist
- Trevor Chinn (glaciologist) (c.1937–2018), New Zealand scientist
- Trevor Christensen (born 1993), American DJ
- Trevor Christie (born 1959), English footballer
- Trevor Daley, hockey player
- Trevor Daniel (American football) (born 1994), American football player
- Trevor Daniel (singer) (born 1994), American singer
- Sir Trevor Dawson Bt, arms manufacturer
- Trevor Denman, Thoroughbred race track announcer, sportscaster
- Trevor Devall, actor
- Trevor Engelson (born 1976), American film producer
- Trevor Erhardt (born 1962), Canadian ice hockey player
- Trevor Eve, actor
- Trevor Foster, Welsh rugby footballer
- Trevor Francis, English footballer
- Trevor Gaskins, Panamaian basketball player
- Trevor Gleeson, Australian basketball coach
- Trevor Guthrie (born 1973), Canadian singer and songwriter
- Trevor Haddon, British artist and illustrator
- Sir Trevor Henry, New Zealand judge
- Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough
- Trevor Hockey, Welsh footballer
- Trevor Hoffman, baseball player
- Trevor Horn, English musician
- Trevor Howard, actor
- Trevor Huddleston, Anglican priest and anti-apartheid activist
- Trevor Hurst, Canadian singer, vocalist for Econoline Crush
- Trevor James (disambiguation), various people
- Trevor Jones (disambiguation), various people
- Trevor Kidd, hockey player
- Trevor Knight, American football player
- Trevor Lane, American professional baseball player
- Trevor Lawrence (born 1999), American football player
- Sir Trevor Lawrence, 2nd Baronet
- Trevor Letowski, hockey player
- Trevor Oswin Lewis, 4th Baron Merthyr
- Trevor Lewis, hockey player
- Trevor Linden, hockey player
- Trevor Lock, comedian
- Trevor Lucas, spoken word artist
- Trevor Mallard, New Zealand politician and Cabinet Minister
- Trevor Manuel, South African politician and economist
- Sir Trevor McDonald, broadcaster
- Trevor Milton (born 1981/1982), American billionaire, CEO and co-founder of Nikola Motor Company
- Trevor Moore (disambiguation), various people
- Trevor Murdoch, wrestler
- Trevor Neal, of British comedy duo Trevor and Simon
- Trevor Nelson, British DJ
- Trevor Noah, South African comedian and presenter
- Sir Trevor Nunn, theatre and film director
- Trevor Ogilvie-Grant, 4th Baron Strathspey (1879–1948), member of the House of Lords
- Trevor Phillips (born 1953), British politician
- Trevor Pinnock (born 1946), English conductor and harpsichordist
- Trevor Plouffe, baseball player
- Trevor Pryce (born 1975), American football player
- Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist, rock group Yes
- Trevor Read (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
- Trevor Rees-Jones, American billionaire
- Trevor Rees-Jones, bodyguard and sole survivor of the car crash that killed Diana, Princess of Wales
- Trevor Reilly (born 1988), American football player
- Trevor Roach (born 1992), American football player
- Trevor Robbins (born 1949), English neuroscientist
- Trevor Roberts, 2nd Baron Clwyd
- Trevor Rosenthal (born 1990), baseball player
- Trevor St. John, American actor
- Trevor Segstro (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
- Trevor Semper, Montserratian cricketer
- Trevor Siemian, American football player
- Sir Trevor Skeet, Conservative MP
- Trevor Smith (disambiguation), various people
- Admiral Sir Trevor Soar, C-in-C Fleet from June 2009
- Trevor Spring, gentleman cricketer and army officer
- Trevor Stamp, 3rd Baron Stamp FRCPath
- Trevor Stamp, 4th Baron Stamp FRCP
- Trevor Steven, English footballer
- Trevor Story, American baseball player
- Trevor van Riemsdyk, American ice hockey player
- Sir Trevor Williams, 1st Baronet
- Trevor Williams (American football), American football player
- Trevor Wilson (basketball) (born 1968), American basketball player
- K. Trevor Wilson (born 1981), Canadian comedian, writer, and actor
- Trevor Wright, American actor
- Trevor Żahra, Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator
Fictional characters
- Trevor the Traction Engine in The Railway Series children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry
- Trevor, Neville Longbottom's pet toad in the Harry Potter series
- Magical Trevor, a magician in Weebl's cartoons
- Trevor Belmont in the Castlevania game series
- Trevor Joseph Brennan/Bauer, main character in the Romantic Suspense series, Countermeasure
- Trevor Evans, childhood/closest friend (at the beginning) of Mike Ross in U.S. TV series Suits
- Trevor Fitzroy, supervillain in Marvel Comics
- Trevor Goodchild, antagonist in the Æon Flux franchise
- Trevor Hale, main character of the TV show Cupid played by Jeremy Piven
- D.S. Trevor Hands in the British crime drama television series M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team played by Michael McKell (2003, 2005)
- Trevor Jordache in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside
- Trevor Langan, a recurring character and criminal defense attorney in the US TV series "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" played by Peter Hermann
- Trevor McKinney, a 12-year-old in the movie Pay It Forward played by Haley Joel Osment
- Trevor Morgan in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Trevor Ockmonick in the 80's TV show ALF
- Trevor Philips is one of the three playable protagonists in the videogame Grand Theft Auto V by Rockstar Games
- Trevor Reznik, main character of the movie The Machinist, played by Christian Bale
- Trevor Slattery, a washed-up actor played by Ben Kingsley who portrays the fraudulent terrorist persona the Mandarin in Iron Man 3
- Trevor's Treasure Tracker, strip cartoon about boy named Trevor in Whoopee! comics.
- Trevor Troublemeyer, one of the main characters in the Canadian animated series Sidekick
- Trev or Trevor, a series of minor characters created by New Zealand-Australian satirist John Clarke as part of his Fred Dagg persona
See also
- List of Irish-language given names
- List of Scottish Gaelic given names
- Hugh Trevor-Roper, Lord Dacre (1914–2003), British historian
- Horace Trevor-Cox (1908–2005), Conservative MP who later joined Labour
References
- ^ Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American family names. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195081374.
- ^ Davis, Ben (17 December 2020). "Is Trevor an Irish name?". Retrieved 31 October 2021.
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