Gender | Male |
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Word/name | Welsh, Irish |
Meaning |
Big Village Prudent |
Trevor is a given name and surname of Welsh and Irish origin.
Trevor can be a given name or surname of Welsh origin (as a given name Trefor in Welsh): also a habitational name from any of the numerous places in Wales, in particular the one near Llangollen, from the Welsh tre(f), meaning "homestead", or "settlement" and a form of mawr, meaning "large, big", cf. .
Trevor is also a name of Irish origin. It is a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Treabhair (descendant of Treabhar), a byname meaning "industrious", "ambitious", or "prudent". As a given name it is typically masculine, however in North America it can be (albeit rarely) a female name.
The Trevor dynasty have for centuries been associated with the Llangollen and Chirk areas in Denbighshire, north-east Wales:
Notable people with the surname Trevor include:
Notable people with the forename Trevor include: