Trevor

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Trevor
Gender Male
Origin
Word/Name Welsh, Irish
Meaning Big Village
Prudent

Trevor can be a male given name or a surname.

Etymology

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".

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", "tight", or "prudent".

As a surname

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:

As a given name

Notable people with the forename Trevor include:

Fictional characters

See also

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