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Tristan (name)

Tristan, Tristram or Tristen is a given name derived from Welsh drust (meaning "noise", "tumult"), influenced by the French word triste and Welsh/Cornish/Breton trist, both of which mean "bold" or "sad", "sorrowful".[1]

Tristan
Tristán e Iseo by Rogelio de Egusquiza, 1912.
Pronunciation/ˈtɹɪstən/
GenderPrimarily masculine
Language(s)French & Welsh
Origin
Word/nameWelsh / Old Brythonic
MeaningWelsh / Old Brythonic origin: "noise" or "tumult"; French origin: "bold" or "sad" or "sorrowful"
Region of originWales & France
Other names
Related namesTristom, Tristão, etc.

The name owes its popularity to the character of Tristan, one of the Knights of the Round Table and the tragic hero of Tristan and Iseult. Alternate form Tristram has also been in use since the Middle Ages[2] and was the more usual form of the name after the publication of the 1759-60 comic novel Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne. Later usage of the name Tristan was influenced by Richard Wagner's 1860 opera Tristan und Isolde. The name Tristan became particularly well-used in the United States by parents who had attended college after it was used for a character on All Creatures Great and Small, a 1978 British television series based on the memoirs of James Herriot. The popular series aired in the United States on PBS. The name Tristan later became popular with parents of all classes after Brad Pitt played Tristan Ludlow in the popular 1994 movie Legends of the Fall, and also increased the usage of variant spellings Tristen, Tristin, Triston and Trystan, all of which also appeared among the 1,000 most popular names for boys in the United States in 1995. Usage of the name also increased after Tristan was used for characters in the 2006 film Tristan & Isolde and the 2007 fantasy film Stardust.[3] Tristan has been consistently among the top 1000 names given to baby boys in the United States since 1971.[4] The name has been used in the Anglosphere and in other countries such as Belgium, France, Iceland, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, and Spain.[5]

People with the mononym

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  • Tristan l'Hermite, French political and military figure of the late Middle Ages
  • Tristan de Clermont, Bartholomew "Tristan" de Clermont-Lodève (1380 – c. 1432), Count of Copertino, was a French-born knight who married Catherine del Balzo Orsini
  • Tristan of Montepeloso (born 1020), the first lord of Montepeloso from 1042
  • Tristan (musician) (Tristan Cooke, born 1970), British psytrance and Goa trance DJ and producer
  • Tristan D (born Tristan Dorian, 1988), British Trance DJ and EDM

Tristán

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People with the given name

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Tristan

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Tristram

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Tristán

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Tristen

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Tristin

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Triston

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Trystan

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Trishton

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Thriston

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People with the surname

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Tristán

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  • Diego Tristán Herrera (born 1976), Spanish footballer
  • Louis Tristán (born 1984), Peruvian long jumper
  • Luis Tristán de Escamilla, also known as Luis de Escamilla or Luis Rodríguez Tristán (c.1585-1624), Spanish painter in the mannerist style
  • Miryam Tristán (born 1985), Peruvian footballer

Fictional characters

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References

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  1. ^ "Tristram | Origin and meaning of the name tristram by Online Etymology Dictionary".
  2. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 264. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
  3. ^ Evans, Cleveland Kent (31 December 2023). "Cleveland Evans: Medieval name soars from modern media exposure". omaha.com. Omaha World Herald. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Popular Baby Names". Retrieved 2008-09-03.
  5. ^ Campbell, Mike. "Tristan". www.behindthename.com. Behind the Name. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
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