Tristian Forename

252,483rd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,013 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Tristian Forename Definition:

A male name. Celtic Drystan from Drest or Drust ‘tumult’, ‘din’. The form Tristan was influenced by French triste ‘sad’, and the Tristan romances give this as the derivation of the name. Tristan is found as a surname in France as early as the end of the 12th C.

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Tristian Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
81%
 
5611:646,23315,661
England
100%
1261:441,2939,810
Philippines
97%
 
1231:861,86624,554
Indonesia-511:5,058,111199,441
Northern Ireland-231:80,1371,397
Australia-221:620,8019,053
Wales
100%
141:221,0223,846
Canada-101:3,313,33741,238
Netherlands
82%
 
101:1,690,20823,366
South Africa
100%
81:6,816,581127,931
Germany
100%
71:13,811,12541,547
Mexico
100%
61:20,690,73847,722
Sweden
80%
 
51:1,971,58130,505
Chile
100%
41:4,401,80221,957
Thailand
100%
41:17,516,453200,944
Romania-31:6,683,99244,661
Scotland
100%
31:1,783,45514,297
Trinidad and Tobago-31:453,80618,410
Albania
100%
31:1,015,52326,928
New Zealand-21:2,268,02212,390
Norway-21:2,566,16424,989
Brazil-21:107,118,077571,487
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Sudan-11:37,806,97510,689
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958
Singapore
100%
11:6,287,05439,645
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Peru
100%
11:31,791,454110,866
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
India-11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606

Tristian (439) may also be a surname.

Tristian Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. Celtic Drystan from Drest or Drust ‘tumult’, ‘din’. The form Tristan was influenced by French triste ‘sad’, and the Tristan romances give this as the derivation of the name. Tristan is found as a surname in France as early as the end of the 12th C. The christian name occurs in England from 1189 in the form Tristram, which was the usual one in England, though it was exceptional in France. The intermediate form Tristran is found in one of the earliest French Tristan romances. The surnames Tristram, Trustram, Triston are derived from it.

Tristram Curia Regis Rolls 1189-1215, Hundred Rolls 1273. Trystrem Yorks Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379. Tristian Lyford 1655.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

Tristian Forename Popularity

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Tristian Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tristian in the Russian language
Тристианtristian-

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