Trinidad

Where Trinidad comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Trinidad.

Trinidad through the years
  1. 1900
    First appearance
    #1,050 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1922
    Peak, #485
    161 babies named Trinidad, the most in any year.
  3. 1923
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #905.
  4. 1962
    Trinidad Jiménez born
    Spanish politician and diplomat
  5. 1962
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  6. 1987
    Trinidad James born
    American rapper from Georgia
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Trinidad Jiménez · Spanish politician and diplomat, born 1962
  • Trinidad James · American rapper from Georgia, born 1987
  • Trinidad Silva · Native Mexican-American character actor, 1950–1988
  • Trinidad Morgades Besari · Equatorial Guinean politician, 1931–2019
  • Trinidad Arroyo · Spanish ophthalmologist, 1872–1959

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.