Travers Forename

277,461st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 861 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Travers Forename Definition:

A Old French name, meaning: Athwart.

Travers Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
4611:786,41417,857
South Africa
100%
1171:466,09122,847
England
94%
 
741:751,39113,878
Australia-531:257,6915,632
New Zealand-361:126,0014,937
Canada
100%
331:1,004,04220,062
Jamaica-251:115,3294,649
Qatar
100%
81:296,20131,456
Netherlands
100%
81:2,112,76026,769
Wales
100%
51:618,8627,373
Zimbabwe
100%
41:3,855,95474,439
Zambia-41:3,963,69831,018
Trinidad and Tobago-41:340,35515,394
Italy
100%
21:30,531,04557,596
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Thailand
100%
21:35,032,906298,615
Singapore
100%
21:3,143,52727,876
Saint Kitts and Nevis-21:27,4302,159
Russia
100%
21:72,116,852125,484
Malaysia
100%
21:15,224,970260,513
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
India-11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Kazakhstan
100%
11:17,746,84544,366
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Isle of Man-11:85,023723
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
Brazil-11:214,236,154864,335
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Ireland
100%
11:4,643,51913,375

Travers (28,237) may also be a surname.

Travers Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Old French name, meaning: Athwart.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Travers Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Traverse93152/
Traviers931/
Traivers931/
Traiverse883/
Trevers8621/
Travors868/
Travirs862/
Travars861/
Trovers861/
Traverce8012/
Traviors802/
Trampers801/
Trevors7127/
Trevars713/
Trowers712/
Trévors711/
Trovairs671/
Treyvars671/
Troverce671/

Travers Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Travers in the Russian language
Траверсtravers-

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