Tristan (name)
Tristan or Tristram or Tristen is a given name of Welsh origin. It originates from the Brythonic name Drust or Drustanus. It derives from a stem meaning "noise", seen in the modern Welsh noun trwst (plural trystau) and the verb trystio "to clatter". The name has also been interpreted as meaning "bold."
| Gender | Male (rare to be female) |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Welsh / Old Brythonic |
| Meaning | Welsh origin: "noise of arms", "resonance of iron" or "clanking sword" French origin: "sad" or "sorrowful" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Tristom, Tristão, etc. |
It became popularized through the character of Tristan, one of the Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend. The modern form is most likely influenced by the Latin root tristis (tant triste in the medieval French version of the myth) also has the same meaning in Welsh 'Trist' meaning "sad" or "sorrowful". The recent rise in the name Tristan is also attributed to a movie character of the same name played by actor Brad Pitt in the film Legends of the Fall.
Tristan has been consistently among the top 1,000 names given to baby boys in the United States since 1971.[1] There are various alternate forms of the name: Tristen, Triston, Tristin, Tristian, Trystan, and Trysten.[2]
People with the mononym
Tristan
- Tristan l'Hermite, French political and military figure of the late Middle Ages
- Tristan de Clermont, Bartholomew "Tristan" de Clermont-Lodève (1380 – c. 1432), Count of Copertino, was a French-born knight who married Catherine del Balzo Orsini
- Tristan of Montepeloso (born 1020), the first lord of Montepeloso from 1042
- Tristan (musician) or Tristan Cooke (born 1970), British psytrance and Goa trance DJ and producer
- Tristan D (born Tristan Dorian, 1988), British Trance DJ and EDM
- Tristan Harvey or Triggatrizz is an American musical producer, drug dealer, and racial advocate in the fight against white supremacism. Currently resides in Seattle wa and is the father to the soon to be famous Aaliyah H. Of Tacoma wa
Tristán
- Tristán de Luna y Arellano (1510 – 1573), Spanish explorer and Conquistador of the 16th century
People with the name
Tristan
- Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist
- Tristan Borges, Canadian soccer player
- Tristan Davies, British news executive
- Tristan Do, Thai-French footballer
- Tristan Evans, British drummer
- Tristan A. Farnon, American webcomic author
- Tristan Gale, American skeleton racer
- Tristan Garel-Jones, British former MP
- Tristan Gemmill, British actor
- Tristan Gommendy, French racing driver
- Tristan Hahót, Hungarian noble
- Tristan Harris, American ethicist
- Tristan Jarry, Beast Fantasy Hockey player
- Tristan Lamasine, French tennis player
- Tristan Louis, French-American internet entrepreneur and writer
- Tristan MacManus, an Irish dancer
- Tristan Murail, a French composer
- Tristan Nunez, American racing driver
- Tristan Peersman, Belgian footballer
- Tristan Plummer, English footballer
- Tristan Prettyman, American singer-songwriter
- Tristan Risk, Canadian film actress
- Tristan Rogers, Australian-American actor
- Tristan Taormino, American feminist author/activist
- Tristan Thomas, Australian athlete
- Tristan Thompson, Canadian basketball player
- Tristan Tully, American television reporter
- Tristan Tzara, Romanian–French poet and performance artist
- Tristan Vautier, French racing driver
- Tristan Vizcaino (born 1995), American football player
- Tristan Wilds, an American actor
- Tristan Wirfs (born 1999), American football player
- François Tristan l'Hermite, who wrote as "Tristan"
Tristán
- Tristán Bauer (born 1959), Argentine film maker and screenwriter
Tristen
- Tristen Chernove (born 1975), Canadian Para cyclist and businessman
- Tristen Gaspadarek, a singer-songwriter who performs as "Tristen"
- Tristen Walker, a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League
Tristin
- Tristin Mays (born 1990), American actress and singer
- Tristin Norwell, British composer, musician and producer
Triston
- Triston Jay Amero (1982–2008), American terrorist
- Triston Casas (born 2000), American baseball player
- Triston Chambers (born 1982), English footballer
- Triston Cole (born 1976), American politician
- Triston Grant (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
- Triston Henry (born 1993), Canadian soccer player
- Triston McKenzie (born 1997), American baseball player
- Triston Palma (born 1962), Jamaican musician
- Triston Reilly (born 1999), Australian rugby union player
- Triston Wade (born 1993), American football player
Trystan
- Trystan Colon-Castillo (born 1998), American football player
- Trystan Edwards (1884–1973), Welsh architectural critic and town planner
- Trystan Gravelle (born 1981), Welsh actor
- Trystan Owain Hughes (born 1972), British theologian, historian and author
- Trystan Llŷr Griffiths (born c. 1987), Welsh tenor
- Trystan Magnuson (born 1985), Canadian baseball player
Trysten
- Trysten Hill (born 1998), American football player
Trishton
- Trishton Jackson (born 1998), American football player
People with the surname
Tristan
- Brynjard Tristan (born 1976), Norwegian bassist and songwriter
- Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon (1783–1853), French general during the Napoleonic Wars
- Flora Tristan (1803–1844), French-Peruvian socialist writer and activist
- Frédérick Tristan (born 1931), French writer
- Jean Tristan (pirate) (died 1692), French corsair (buccaneer) and pirate 1693
- Jean Tristan, Count of Valois (1250–1270), French prince of the Capetian dynasty
- Julie Tristan, American television personality
Tristán
- Diego Tristán Herrera (born 1976), Spanish footballer
- Louis Tristán (born 1984), Peruvian long jumper
- Luis Tristán de Escamilla, also known as Luis de Escamilla or Luis Rodríguez Tristán (c.1585-1624), Spanish painter in the mannerist style
- Miryam Tristán (born 1985), Peruvian footballer
Fictional characters
- Tristan Thorn, the protagonist of Stardust
- Tristan Farnon, in the works of James Herriot
- Tristan Ludlow, the protagonist of Legends of the Fall
- Tristan Taylor, the English name of the character Hiroto Honda in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise
- Tristen, a boy in The Fortress Series of fantasy novels by C. J. Cherryh
- Tristran Thorne, a character in Neil Gaiman's novel Stardust. It was later adapted into a 2007 film, where the character's name was changed to Tristan
- Tristan Smith, a character in Peter Carey's novel The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith.
- Tristan Milligan in Degrassi
- Tristan McLean, a famous actor and mortal father of the demigod Piper McLean in Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus
- Tristan Duffy, a character in American Horror Story: Hotel
- Tristan Dugrey, a character in Gilmore Girls
- Tristan of Avalon Towers, a character in Soman Chainani's The School for Good and Evil
- Tristan Lycanth, a character Liv Rooney plays in Disney Channel's Liv_and_Maddie
- Tristan Wren, a character from the 3D CGI animated television series Star Wars Rebels
See also
- Tristan (disambiguation)
- Tristan da Cunha – a remote volcanic group of islands in the south Atlantic Ocean
- Tristan and Iseult – an influential romance and tragedy story
- Tristram (name)
- The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman – a novel by Laurence Sterne
References
- "Popular Baby Names". Retrieved 2008-09-03.
- "Think Baby Names: Origin & Meaning of Tristan". Retrieved 2007-03-02.
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