Tristan (meaning and origin)

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Tristan

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Meaning and origin
Tristan is a Welsh boy name. The meaning of the name is `noisy one, laborer `.

Where is it used?
The name Tristan is mainly used in Welsh, English and in French.

How do they say it elsewhere?
Trystan (In Welsh)
Drystan (In Welsh)
Trist�o (In Portuguese)
Tristram (In English)
Triston (In English)
Tristin (In English)
Tristen (In English)
Tristand (In English)

For the opposite sex use:
In English: Trista (F)

What Tristan`s say about their name

The best thing about the name Tristan:
my name is spelled tristen . and the fact that it's uniqe and not many girls that i know have the same name as me . ( im a girl . )
The worst thing about the name:
unisex . and people always try to call me kristen or something .
If my name wasn`t Tristan....:
i like my name..
Extra information:
its spelled all diffrent ways . most commen are tristan , tristin , and tristen .
The best thing about the name Tristan:
its cute coz its my name
The worst thing about the name:
naaah
If my name wasn`t Tristan....:
gabriel
Extra information:
daniel
The best thing about the name Tristan:
unique
The worst thing about the name:
Unisex
If my name wasn`t Tristan....:
i would not have a name other than Tristan
Extra information:
The best thing about the name Tristan:
Its not really that common...plus its my last name.
The worst thing about the name:
Not that many people know where it comes from.
If my name wasn`t Tristan....:
That's kinda hard to say...seeing how Tristan is my last name.
Extra information:
I love my last name, Tristan. :)
The best thing about the name Tristan:
It's different and you won't hear it a lot
The worst thing about the name:
Sometimes people can't say it right
If my name wasn`t Tristan....:
My name would be Malachi
Extra information:
It was on a movie called Blue Hill avenue

More `Tristan` links
Tristan as abbreviation
Actors named Tristan
Tristan in the encyclopedia

Statistics for Tristan

The name Tristan appears in the name list top 1000 for both male and female. Below you can find the statistics for both sexes.

Tristan as a boys name
Tristan appears in 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 87. The name reached the top-100 6 times. 1996 was a `top year` for the name Tristan. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #68. The last time Tristan appeared among the most common names was in 1980. Our records go back to 1880

Year	Rank	Rank
2007	87
2006	86
2005	113
2004	115
2003	113
2002	103
2001	108
2000	105
1999	99
1998	92
1997	92
1996	68
1995	121
1994	452
1993	408
1992	371
1991	337
1990	330
1980	605
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1910	---
1900	---
1890	---
1880	---

Tristan as a girls name
Tristan doesn`t appear in 2007`s top-1000 name list.
The last time Tristan appeared in the top-1000 was 6 years ago, in 2002. It ranked #869 in that year. . 1996 was a `top year` for the name Tristan. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #591. The last time Tristan appeared among the most common names was in 1995. Our records go back to 1880

Year	Rank	Rank
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2002	869
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1998	852
1997	827
1996	591
1995	721
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