Trevor

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled טרבור in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Trevor is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name57K records spelled Trevor9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, France, Canada

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Trevör, Trëvor, Trévor

• a separate given name10K records spelled Trevor2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Trévor

• Polish given name6.1K records spelled Trevor19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Poland, Czechia

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Тревор, Трэвор, Trëvör, Тревър

• Estonian given name3.0K records spelled Trevor4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Estonia, United Kingdom, United States, Finland

  Languages: Estonian, Hungarian, Finnish

  Also written Trëvör

64 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Trevor is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A male given name from Welsh, from Welsh Trefor. Popular in the UK in the 1950s and the 1960s.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, from Trefor, Denbighshire

  as a name·Welsh Surnames

• In Irish, A distinguished English name adopted by some families in Co. Leitrim as the anglicized form of Ó Treabhair. See Trower

  as a name·The Surnames of Ireland

• Welsh and English: transferred use of the Welsh surname, which in turn is from a placename. There are a large number of places in Wales called Trefor , from the elements tref settlement + fôr , mutated and unaccented form of mawr large. In recent years, Trevor has also become popular as a given name among people who have no connection with Wales. Welsh form: Trefor. Short form (informal): Trev .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 111 years between 1915–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Trevor Howardb. 1913GBEnglish film, stage and television actor (1913–1988)
• Trevor Nunnb. 1940GBBritish theatre, film and television director
• Trevor Jonesb. 1949ZASouth African film score composer
• Trevor Eveb. 1951GBBritish actor
• Trevor Rabinb. 1954ZASouth African musician (born 1954)
• Trevor Goddardb. 1962GBEnglish boxer and actor (1962-2003)
• Trevor Morrisb. 1970CACanadian orchestral composer, music producer, and creator of electronic music
• Martin Heinrichb. 1971USnot in their usual nameAmerican politician and businessman (born 1971)
• Trevor Noahb. 1984ZASouth African comedian and television host
• Trevor Morganb. 1986USAmerican actor (born 1986)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 735 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Trevor?

We estimate roughly 147 thousand people bear Trevor (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Trevor have the most bearers?

We estimate about 145 thousand people bear Trevor in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled trevor.

Where is Trevor most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Trevor is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 709 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Trevor compared with other names?

In the United States, Trevor is the 549th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Trevor a male or female name?

Trevor is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Trevor mean?

Recorded meaning: (i) person from Trevor, Wales; ‘large farmstead’ (ii) from Irish Gaelic Ó Treabhair, ‘descendant of Treabhar’