Tris

Where Tris comes from

Shortened from Tristram or Tristan.
— Wiktionary's entry for Tris
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1952
    First appearance
    #4,483 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1958
    Peak, #4,193
    9 babies named Tris — more than any year before or since.
  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 it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
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.