Fun Facts About the Name Trevyn
- 833 babies named Trevyn: U.S. records list 833 babies given the name Trevyn from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Trevyn Mean?
Trevyn is a modern spelling variant of the Welsh-derived name Trevor, or of Trevin, a form that appeared alongside it. Trevor comes from the Welsh place name Trefor, built from tref, "homestead" or "settlement," and mawr, "large" (the m softens to f after the noun), so the sense is "large homestead." The -yn ending in Trevyn is a spelling change, not a change in meaning.
A second and less widely accepted explanation traces Trevor to Irish Gaelic treabhar, "prudent" or "industrious." The Welsh place-name origin is the one usually given, and the Gaelic account is not firmly documented; the two explanations are not always clearly separated in name references. Where Trevyn is treated as a form of Trevin rather than of Trevor, the meaning is taken from the same source, since Trevin is generally explained as a variant of Trevor.
Trevyn Name History & Origins
Place names beginning with tref are common in Wales, and Trefor exists as a settlement name there, including a village on the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd. From such places came the Welsh surname Trevor, found in Wales and the English border counties. Like many surnames, it later came into use as a first name, a shift that became common in Britain during the 19th century and continued into the 20th, spreading to the United States and other English-speaking countries.
Trevyn belongs to a group of recent respellings of these names. Swapping y for i or e in an unstressed final syllable is a familiar pattern in English given names, and it produces a spelling that reads the same as Trevin. The spelling is recent and is not tied to a single established tradition, so its history is essentially the history of the names behind it: the Welsh Trefor place name, the surname Trevor that grew from it, and the given names Trevor and Trevin that followed.
How Popular is the Name Trevyn?
Trevyn has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2009. Its best rank was #2,396 in 2010.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,585 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #9,758 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #7,681 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #12,186 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #7,056 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #7,999 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #5,781 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #4,209 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2017 | #4,920 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2016 | #7,106 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #3,975 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2014 | #4,851 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #3,053 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2012 | #2,673 | 46 | 0.0024% |
| 2011 | #3,038 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 2010 | #2,396 | 53 | 0.0028% |
| 2009 | #2,446 | 53 | 0.0027% |
| 2008 | #2,458 | 52 | 0.0025% |
| 2007 | #3,438 | 32 | 0.0015% |
| 2006 | #3,151 | 35 | 0.0017% |
| 2005 | #3,233 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 2004 | #3,528 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2003 | #4,097 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2002 | #3,445 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 2001 | #3,405 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 2000 | #3,627 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1999 | #3,694 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1998 | #5,144 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1997 | #4,937 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1996 | #4,594 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1995 | #6,941 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #3,206 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1993 | #10,053 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #7,352 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #8,180 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #7,127 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #6,873 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #4,757 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #5,894 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #4,941 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #7,271 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #7,224 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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