Tris

Where Tris comes from

Shortened from Tristram or Tristan.
— Wiktionary's entry for Tris
  • 1 syllable
Tris through the years
  1. 1952
    First appearance
    #4,483 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1958
    Peak, #4,193
    9 babies named Tris, its best rank.
  3. 1961
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1963
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Tristram or Tristan.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Patricia or Beatrice.
Namesakes

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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.