Trevor

Where Trevor comes from

The dictionaries list Trevor as a given name — a male given name from Welsh, from Welsh Trefor. Popular in the UK in the 1950s and the 1960s — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Welsh
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1913
    Trevor Howard born
    English film, stage and television actor
  2. 1915
    First appearance
    #1,707 among boys, 17 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1984
    Trevor Noah born
    South African comedian and television host
  4. 1998
    Peak, #58
    6,598 babies named Trevor — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2007
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #136.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Welsh, from Welsh Trefor. Popular in the UK in the 1950s and the 1960s.
Namesakes
  • Trevor Noah · South African comedian and television host, born 1984
  • Trevor Howard · English film, stage and television actor, 1913–1988
  • Trevor Francis · English association football player and manager, 1954–2023
  • Trevor Brooking · English association football player, born 1948
  • Trevor Horn · British record producer and musician, born 1949

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.