given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
of
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 originates from
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 ...
"Drystan" influenced by the
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
word "triste".
It became popularized through the character of Tristan, one of the
Knights
A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the Christian denomination, church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood ...
of the
Round Table
The Round Table ( cy, y Ford Gron; kw, an Moos Krenn; br, an Daol Grenn; la, Mensa Rotunda) is King Arthur's famed table in the Arthurian legend, around which he and his knights congregate. As its name suggests, it has no head, implying that e ...
in Arthurian legend. The modern form is most likely influenced by the Latin root ''tristis'' (''tant triste'' in the medieval French version of the myth) also has the same meaning in Welsh 'Trist' meaning "sad" or "sorrowful".
Tristan has been consistently among the top 1000 names given to baby boys in the United States since 1971. There are various alternate forms of the name: Tristen, Triston, Tristin, Tristian, Trystan, and Trysten.
People with the mononym
Tristan
* 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
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Tristan of Montepeloso
Tristan (born before 1020) was the first lord of Montepeloso from 1042. Unlike his fellow Norman mercenaries, Tristan was a Breton. He was one of the twelve leading barons of the Hauteville following as indicated by his inclusion in the partition ...
(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
Tristan Cheung
Tristan Cheung (; born 10 March 2000) is a Hong Kong professional Association football, footballer who is currently a free agent.
References
Living people
2000 births
Hong Kong footballers
Association football forwards
Hong Kong First Divi ...
, Hong Kong professional footballer
* Tristan Davies, British news executive
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Tristan Do
Tristan Do ( th, ทริสตอง โด, born 31 January 1993) is a Thai professional footballer who plays as a right back for Thai League 1 club Bangkok United and the Thai national team.
Club career
In 2014, Do joined BEC Tero Sasana i ...
, Thai footballer
* Tristan Evans, British drummer
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Tristan A. Farnon
Tristan Alexander Farnon is an American webcomic author, creator of comic strip ''Leisure Town'', the ''Silent Key'' podcast and Spigot. He is one of the founding creators of the Microsoft Comic Chat-based webcomic Jerkcity, now known as ''Bon ...
Tristan Harris
Tristan Harris () is an American technology ethicist. He is the executive director and co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology.
Early in his career, Harris worked as a design ethicist at Google. He received his baccalaureate degree from S ...
Tristan Peersman
Tristan Peersman (born 28 September 1979 in Antwerp) is a Belgian footballer. He is a goalkeeper who is currently unattached. He formerly played for various clubs, including Anderlecht and Willem II. He was transferred to OFI Crete on 25 June 20 ...
, Belgian footballer
*
Tristan Plummer
Tristan Daine Plummer (born 30 January 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays for Bitton. He is the younger brother of Dwayne Plummer.
Career
Born in Bristol, Plummer began his career as a trainee with Bristol City and while a t ...
Tristan Robbins
Tristan Alexander Robbins (born 26 May 1996) is a British road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team .
Major results
;2012
: National Track Championships
::1st Youth points race
::3rd Junior points race
;2013
: 1st J ...
, British cyclist
* Tristan Taormino, American feminist author/activist
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Tristan Thomas
Tristan Thomas (born 23 May 1986 in Brisbane) is an Australian track and field athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.Tristan Thompson, Canadian basketball player
* Tristan Tzara, Romanian–French poet and performance artist
* Tristan Vautier, French racing driver
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Tristan Vizcaino
Tristan Vizcaino (born July 31, 1996) is an American football placekicker who is a free agent. He signed with the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2019 following his college football career at Washington. He has also been a membe ...
(born 1995), American football player
*
Tristan Vukčević
Tristan Tsalikis Vukčević ( sr-cyr, Тристан Цаликис Вукчевић, gr, Τριστάν Τσαλίκης-Βούκτσεβιτς, Tristan Tsalikis-Vouktsevits; born 11 March 2003) is a Serbian-Swedish professional basketball play ...
, Serbian basketball player
*
Tristan Wilds
Tristan Paul Mack Wilds (born July 15, 1989) is an American actor, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He is known for his roles as Michael Lee on the HBO original drama series, '' The Wire'', and as Dixon Wilson on the CW teen drama seri ...
* Tristán Bauer (born 1959), Argentine film maker and screenwriter
Tristen
* Tristen Chernove (born 1975), Canadian Para cyclist and businessman
* Tristen Gaspadarek, American singer-songwriter who performs as "Tristen"
* Tristen Hoge (born 1997), American football player
*
Tristen Walker
Tristen Walker (born 11 April 1984) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.
From Claremont, Walker was picked up by Collingwood late in the 2001 National Draft. After playing his first season with William ...
, Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League
Tristin
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Tristin Mays
Tristin Mays (born June 10, 1990) is an American actress. Mays portrayed Riley Davis in the reboot of the ''MacGyver'' series on CBS who works as a covert operative for the Phoenix Foundation.
Early life and education
Mays' parents, Viveca and Mi ...
(born 1990), American actress and singer
* Tristin Norwell, British composer, musician and producer
Triston
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Triston Jay Amero
Triston Jay Amero (1982 – April 1, 2008) was an American who was found guilty of the hotel bombings that killed two people and wounded seven others in Bolivia on March 22, 2006. The bombings damaged two low-rent hotels. A third bombing was stop ...
(1982–2008), American terrorist
* Triston Casas (born 2000), American baseball player
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Triston Chambers
Triston Gregory Chambers (born 25 December 1982) is an English footballer who played in the Football League as a forward for Colchester United.
Career
Born in Enfield, London, Chambers came through the youth ranks at Colchester United, si ...
(born 1982), English footballer
*
Triston Cole
Triston Cole (born January 4, 1976) is an American politician who served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2015 to 2021.
Career
First elected in November 2014, Cole represented Antrim, Charlevoix, Montmorency, Oscoda, ...
(born 1976), American politician
*
Triston Grant
Triston Grant (born February 2, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played 11 games in the National Hockey League for the Philadelphia Flyers and Nashville Predators between 2006 and 2009. The rest of his career, w ...
(born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
*
Triston Henry
Triston Javon Henry (born September 8, 1993) is a Canadian professional Association football, soccer player who plays for Forge FC in the Canadian Premier League as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper.
Early life
In 2013, he played ...
(born 1993), Canadian soccer player
* Triston McKenzie (born 1997), American baseball player
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Triston Mitchell
Tristan or Tristram or Tristen is a given name of Welsh origin. It originates from Welsh "Drystan" influenced by the French word "triste".
It became popularized through the character of Tristan, one of the Knights of the Round Table in Arthuria ...
(born 1976), American, certified personal trainer
* Triston Palma (born 1962), Jamaican musician
*
Triston Reilly
Triston Reilly (born 14 January 1999) is a professional rugby league player who most recently played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL). His regular playing positions are centre and wing. He played for the New South Wales ...
(born 1999), Australian rugby union player
*
Triston Wade
Triston Wade (born May 19, 1993) is a former American football free safety. He signed with the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent after the 2015 NFL Draft. He played in college for UTSA.
Early ...
(born 1993), American football player
Trystan
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Trystan Colon-Castillo
Trystan Colon (born March 23, 1998), formerly known as Trystan Colon-Castillo, is an American professional football center for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL).
High School Career
Colon was born in Webb City, Mis ...
(born 1998), American football player
* Trystan Edwards (1884–1973), Welsh architectural critic and town planner
* Trystan Gravelle (born 1981), Welsh actor
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Trystan Owain Hughes
Trystan Owain Hughes (born 1972) is a Christian theologian, historian and author. He is noted for his work in church history, theology and spirituality.
Biography
Hughes was born in Penmaenmawr, North Wales, UK, and is a Welsh language spea ...
(born 1972), British theologian, historian and author
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Trystan Llŷr Griffiths
Trystan Llŷr Griffiths, also known as Trystan Griffiths or Trystan Llŷr (born c.1987), is a Welsh tenor.
Griffiths is from Clunderwen in Pembrokeshire, and is Welsh-speaking. He often performs with his brother, Gwydion Rhys, who is an actor and ...
(born c. 1987), Welsh tenor
* Trystan Magnuson (born 1985), Canadian baseball player
Trishton
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Trishton Jackson
Trishton Jackson (born March 9, 1998) is an American football wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans and the Syracuse Orange. He has previously pl ...
Frédérick Tristan
Jean-Paul Frédéric Tristan Baron (11 June 1931 – 2 March 2022) was a French writer.
Biography
Tristan was born in Sedan, Ardennes, France, on 11 June 1931. He was sent on a mission to Laos, North Vietnam, South Vietnam and China (1964– ...
(1931–2022), French writer
*
Jean Tristan (pirate)
Jean Tristan (died 1693) was a French corsair (buccaneer) and pirate active in the Caribbean and against Spanish holdings in Central and South America.
History
Tristan was part of a large buccaneer flotilla (including John Coxon, Thomas Paine, ...
(died 1692), French corsair (buccaneer) and pirate
*
Jean Tristan, Count of Valois
John Tristan (8 April 1250 – 3 August 1270) was a French prince of the Capetian dynasty. He was ''jure uxoris'' count of Nevers from 1265 and of Auxerre and Tonnerre from 1268. He was also in his own right Count of Valois and Crépy, as an a ...
(1250–1270), French prince of the Capetian dynasty
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Julie Tristan
Julie Tristan is an American radio & television personality from St. Louis, Missouri.
Career
Tristan is the host of The Wake Up with Bret & Julie on Y98. She is also the afternoon on-air talent on 102.5 KEZK. She's also an MMJ Reporter, Anchor and ...
, American television personality
Tristán
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Diego Tristán
Diego Tristán Herrera (born 5 January 1976) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
At his peak, he was considered amongst the best players in his position in Europe, displaying a vast array of skills: dribbling, ...
Herrera (born 1976), Spanish footballer
*
Louis Tristán
Louis Tristán (born 1 May 1984 in Lima) is a Peruvian long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.09 metres, achieved in October 2006 in Tunja.
He competed at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, the 2006 World Indoor Championships, the 2007 Worl ...
(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
* Tristran Thorne, in Neil Gaiman's novel ''
Stardust
Stardust may refer to:
* A type of cosmic dust, composed of particles in space
Entertainment Songs
* “Stardust” (1927 song), by Hoagy Carmichael
* “Stardust” (David Essex song), 1974
* “Stardust” (Lena Meyer-Landrut song), 2012
* ...
''; name changed to Tristan Thorne in the 2007 film
* Tristan Farnon, in the works of James Herriot
* Tristan Ludlow, the protagonist of ''
Legends of the Fall
''Legends of the Fall'' is a 1994 American epic Western drama film directed by Edward Zwick and starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond and Henry Thomas. Based on the 1979 novella of the same title by Jim Harrison, the fil ...
''
* Tristan Taylor, the English name of the character
Hiroto Honda
The ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' series features an extensive cast of characters created by Kazuki Takahashi. The series takes place in a fictional city in Japan called Domino City, in which most of the characters that appear in the series originate. Many plot ...
in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise
* Tristen, a boy in ''
The Fortress Series
''Fortress'' is a series of fantasy novels by science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh, published by HarperCollins. They are set in a medieval fantasy world with a 15th-century feel and feature magic, sorcery, medieval warfare, politics ...
'' of fantasy novels by C. J. Cherryh
* Tristan Smith, in Peter Carey's novel ''
The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith
''The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith'' is a novel by the Australian writer Peter Carey. It was first published by the University of Queensland Press in Australia and Faber & Faber in the United Kingdom in 1994. Subsequent editions and translat ...
''.
* Tristan Milligan in Canadian TV series '' Degrassi''
* Tristan McLean, actor and mortal father of the demigod Piper McLean in Rick Riordan's '' Heroes of Olympus''
* Tristan Duffy, in TV series '' American Horror Story: Hotel''
* Tristan Dugrey, in American TV series '' Gilmore Girls''
* Tristan of Avalon Towers, in Soman Chainani's book series '' The School for Good and Evil''
* Tristan Lycanth, played by Liv Rooney in Disney Channel's '' Liv and Maddie''
* Tristan Wren, from the 3D CGI animated television series '' Star Wars Rebels''