Trevor ( Trefor in the Welsh language) is a common

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Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...

origin. It is an habitational name, deriving from the Welsh ''tre(f)'', meaning "homestead", or "settlement" and ''fawr'', meaning "large, big". The

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equivalent is

Trevorrow Trevorrow is a Cornish surname originating in the Cornish language and may refer to: * Colin Trevorrow (born 1976), American director and screenwriter * Ellen Trevorrow, Ngarrindjeri weaver at Camp Coorong, South Australia **Tom Trevorrow, Ellen ...

and is most associated with Ludgvan. Trevor is also a reduced Anglicized form of the Gaelic ''Ó Treabhair'' (descendant of Treabhar), which may derive from the original Welsh name.

As a surname

People

* Claire Trevor (1910–2000), American actress * Hugh Trevor (1903–1933), American actor * John Trevor (disambiguation), various people * William Trevor (1928–2016), Irish writer *

William Spottiswoode Trevor Major General William Spottiswoode Trevor VC (9 October 1831 – 2 November 1907) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Common ...

(1831–1907), recipient of the Victoria Cross

Fictional characters

* Steve Trevor, in the DC Comics, 1970s television series and 2017 film '' Wonder Woman''

As a given name

People

* Trevor Ariza (born 1985), American basketball player * Trevor Bailey, English cricketer * Trevor Bauer, American baseball player * Trevor Bayne, NASCAR Driver * Trevor Baylis (1937–2018), British inventor * Trevor Bayliss, Australian cricket coach * Trevor Berbick, boxer * Trevor Bigham, policeman * Trevor Bolder, British musician, bassist for Uriah Heep * Trevor Brooking, English footballer * Trevor Cahill, baseball player * Trevor Chappell, Australian cricketer * Trevor Chinn (born 1935), British businessman and philanthropist * Trevor Chinn (glaciologist) (c.1937–2018), New Zealand scientist * Trevor Christensen (born 1993), American DJ *

Trevor Christie Trevor Christie (born 28 February 1959) is an English footballer who played as a striker. Christie was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and began his career with Leicester City before joining Notts County in 1979. He enjoyed arguably his ...

(born 1959), English footballer * Trevor Daley, hockey player *

Trevor Daniel (American football) Trevor Lyn Daniel (born December 8, 1994) is an American football punter who is a free agent. He played college football at Tennessee. Early years Daniel was raised in Dickson, Tennessee. He watched Tennessee Volunteer football games with hi ...

(born 1994), American football player * Trevor Daniel (singer) (born 1994), American singer * Trevor Dawson, arms manufacturer * Trevor Denbow (born 1998), American football player * Trevor Denman, Thoroughbred race track announcer, sportscaster * Trevor Devall, actor * Trevor Dunn, American bassist ( Mr. Bungle) and composer * Trevor Engelson (born 1976), American film producer *

Trevor Erhardt Trevor Erhardt (born November 27, 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Erhardt is regarded as one of the crowd favorites in Frankfurt hockey. He played for both the Eintracht Frankfurt, as well as for ESC Frankfurt, and hi ...

(born 1962), Canadian ice hockey player * Trevor Eve, actor * Trevor Foster, Welsh rugby footballer * Trevor Francis, English footballer *

Trevor Gaskins Trevor Crosby Gaskins (born November 24, 1989) is a Panamanian professional basketball player for Ciclista Olímpico of the Argentine Liga Nacional de Básquet. He represented the Panama's national basketball team at the 2015 FIBA COCABA Champi ...

, Panamaian basketball player * Trevor Gleeson, Australian basketball coach * Trevor Guthrie (born 1973), Canadian singer and songwriter * Trevor Haddon, British artist and illustrator * Trevor Henry, New Zealand judge * Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough * Trevor Hockey, Welsh footballer * Trevor Hoffman, baseball player * Trevor Horn, English musician * Trevor Howard, actor * Trevor Huddleston, Anglican priest and anti-apartheid activist * Trevor Hudgins (born 1999), American basketball player * Trevor Hurst, Canadian singer, vocalist for Econoline Crush * Trevor James (disambiguation), various people *

Trevor Jones (disambiguation) Trevor Jones may refer to: * Trevor Jones (Australian footballer) (1918–1985), Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne *Trevor Jones (Welsh footballer) (1923–1983), Association footballer for Watford *Trevor Jones (admiral), ...

, various people *

Trevor Keels Trevor Jamaal Keels (born August 26, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League. He played college ...

(born 2003), American basketball player * Trevor Kidd, hockey player * Trevor Knight, American football player * Trevor Lane, American professional baseball player * Trevor Lawrence (born 1999), American football player * Sir Trevor Lawrence, 2nd Baronet * Trevor Letowski, hockey player *Trevor Oswin Lewis, 4th Baron Merthyr *

Trevor Lewis Trevor ( Trefor in the Welsh language) is a common given name or surname of Welsh origin. It is an habitational name, deriving from the Welsh ''tre(f)'', meaning "homestead", or "settlement" and ''fawr'', meaning "large, big". The Cornish lan ...

, hockey player * Trevor Linden, hockey player *

Trevor Lock Trevor Lock (born 2 September 1973) is an English comedian, actor and playwright. He is noted for the circuitous and Surrealism, surreal nature of his comedy. Early life Trevor Lock grew up in the Northamptonshire villages of Flore and Bugbr ...

, comedian * Trevor Lucas, spoken word artist * Trevor Mallard, New Zealand politician and Cabinet Minister * Trevor Manuel, South African politician and economist * Sir Trevor McDonald, broadcaster * Trevor Milton (born 1981/1982), American billionaire, CEO and co-founder of Nikola Motor Company *

Trevor Moore (disambiguation) Trevor Moore may refer to: *Trevor Moore (comedian) (1980–2021), American comedian, actor, and writer * Trevor Moore (sailor) (born c. 1985), American sailor who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics *Trevor Moore (ice hockey) Trevor Moore (b ...

, various people * Trevor Murdoch, wrestler * Trevor Neal, of British comedy duo Trevor and Simon * Trevor Nelson, British DJ * Trevor Noah, South African comedian and presenter *

Sir Trevor Nunn Sir Trevor Robert Nunn (born 14 January 1940) is a British theatre director. He has been the Artistic Director for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and, currently, the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. He has directed dramas ...

, theatre and film director * Trevor Ogilvie-Grant, 4th Baron Strathspey (1879–1948), member of the House of Lords * Trevor Phillips (born 1953), British politician * Trevor Pinnock (born 1946), English conductor and harpsichordist * Trevor Plouffe, baseball player * Trevor Pryce (born 1975), American football player * Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist, rock group Yes *

Trevor Read Trevor Read (born December 1, 1980, in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman who last played for the Hull Stingrays in England, in 2010-2011. Career Read began his professional hockey career in 2002 with the ECHL's Tole ...

(born 1980), Canadian ice hockey defenceman * Trevor Rees-Jones (businessman), American billionaire * Trevor Rees-Jones (bodyguard), bodyguard and sole survivor of the car crash that killed Diana, Princess of Wales * Trevor Reilly (born 1988), American football player * Trevor Roach (born 1992), American football player * Trevor Robbins (born 1949), English neuroscientist * Trevor Roberts, 2nd Baron Clwyd *

Trevor Rosenthal Trevor Jordan Rosenthal (born May 29, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Nationals, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals and S ...

(born 1990), baseball player *

Trevor St. John Trevor Marshall St. John (born September 3, 1971) is an American actor. He portrayed Todd Manning/Victor Lord Jr. on the ABC daytime drama ''One Life to Live'', and has starred in various primetime shows and films. He is known for his performanc ...

, American actor *

Trevor Segstro Trevor Segstro (born September 11, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Segstro attended the University of Calgary where he played five seasons (1998 – 2003) of CIS hockey with the Calgary Dinos men's ice hockey team. He ...

(born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player *

Trevor Semper Jaron Trevor Semper (born 7 June 1970) is a former West Indian cricketer. Semper was a right-handed batsman who bowled both right-arm off break and right-arm medium pace. He was born on Montserrat. In 2003, Semper played club cricket in Eng ...

, Montserratian cricketer * Trevor Siemian, American football player * Trevor Skeet, Conservative MP *

Trevor Smith (disambiguation) Trevor Smith may refer to: Sport * Trevor Smith (cricketer) (born 1977), English cricketer * Trevor Smith (equestrian) (born 1959), Irish Olympic equestrian * Trevor Smith (field hockey) (born 1949), Australian Olympic field hockey player * Trevo ...

, various people * Trevor Soar (born 1956), retired Royal Navy admiral *

Trevor Spring Major Trevor Coleridge Spring (6 March 1882 – 13 March 1926) was an English cricketer and British Army officer. A right-handed batsman, he played first-class cricket for Somerset and the Army between 1909 and 1919. He also played minor countie ...

, gentleman cricketer and army officer * Trevor Stamp, 3rd Baron Stamp FRCPath * Trevor Stamp, 4th Baron Stamp FRCP * Trevor Steven, English footballer * Trevor Story, American baseball player * Trevor van Riemsdyk, American ice hockey player * Trevor Williams (disambiguation) * Trevor Wilson (basketball) (born 1968), American basketball player * K. Trevor Wilson (born 1981), Canadian comedian, writer, and actor * Trevor Wright, American actor *

Trevor Żahra Trevor Żahra (born 16 December 1947) is a Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator. He has published over 120 books in the Maltese language since 1971. Biography Żahra was born on 16 December 1947 in Żejtun. He worked as a school teacher for ...

, Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator

Fictional characters

*Trevor the Traction Engine in '' The Railway Series'' children's books by the

Rev. W. Awdry Wilbert Vere Awdry (15 June 1911 – 21 March 1997) was an English Anglican minister, railway enthusiast, and children's author. He was best known for creating Thomas the Tank Engine. Thomas and several other characters he created appeared ...

*Trevor, Neville Longbottom's pet toad in the ''

Harry Potter ''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends ...

'' series * Magical Trevor, a magician in ''Weebl's cartoons'' * Trevor Belmont in the ''

Castlevania ''Castlevania'' (), known in Japan as is a gothic horror action-adventure video game series and media franchise about Dracula (Castlevania), Dracula, created and developed by Konami. It has been released on various platforms, from early system ...

'' game series *Trevor Joseph Brennan/Bauer, main character in the Romantic Suspense series, '' Countermeasure'' *Trevor Evans, childhood/closest friend (at the beginning) of Mike Ross in U.S. TV series '' Suits'' *

Trevor Fitzroy Trevor Fitzroy is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an enemy of the X-Men, in particular Bishop. Created by Jim Lee and Whilce Portacio, he first appeared i ...

, supervillain in Marvel Comics * Trevor Goodchild, antagonist in the Æon Flux franchise *Trevor Hale, main character of the TV show ''

Cupid In classical mythology, Cupid (Latin Cupīdō , meaning "passionate desire") is the god of desire, lust, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus (mythology), Venus and the god of war Mar ...

'' played by Jeremy Piven *D.S. Trevor Hands in the British crime drama television series '' M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team'' played by Michael McKell (2003, 2005) * Trevor Jordache in the Channel 4 soap opera '' Brookside'' *Trevor Langan, a recurring character and

criminal defense attorney A criminal defense lawyer is a lawyer (mostly barristers) specializing in the defense of individuals and companies charged with criminal activity. Some criminal defense lawyers are privately retained, while others are employed by the various jur ...

in the US TV series " Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" played by Peter Hermann *Trevor McKinney, a 12-year-old in the movie '' Pay It Forward'' played by Haley Joel Osment * Trevor Morgan in the BBC soap opera ''

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...

'' *

Trevor Ockmonick A listing of the characters from the '' ALF'' television series that ran between 1986 and 1990. ALF Tanner family Willie Tanner William Francis "Willie" Tanner (played by Max Wright.) is the father figure, and a Social worker by trade. Willie ...

in the 80's TV show '' ALF'' * Trevor Philips is one of the three playable

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s in the videogame ''

Grand Theft Auto V ''Grand Theft Auto V'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the seventh main entry in the Grand Theft Auto, ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2008's ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', and ...

'' by Rockstar Games *Trevor Reznik, main character of the movie '' The Machinist'', played by Christian Bale * Trevor Slattery, a washed-up actor played by Ben Kingsley who portrays the fraudulent terrorist persona the Mandarin in '' Iron Man 3'' *Trevor Spacey, one of the playable characters in '' Metal Slug 4'' *Trevor's Treasure Tracker, strip cartoon about boy named Trevor in Whoopee! comics. *Trevor Troublemeyer, one of the main characters in the Canadian animated series '' Sidekick'' *Trev or Trevor, a series of minor characters created by New Zealand-Australian satirist John Clarke as part of his Fred Dagg persona

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