Trevor

Trevor

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Trevor can be a male given name or a surname.

Etymology

Trevor can be a given name or surname of Welsh origin (as a given name Trefor in Welsh): also a habitational name from any of the numerous places in Wales, in particular the one near Llangollen, from the Welsh "tre(f)", meaning "homestead", or "settlement" and a form of "mawr", meaning "large".

Trevor is also a name of Irish origin. It is a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic "Ó Treabhair" (descendant of Treabhar), a byname meaning "industrious", "tight", or "prudent".

As a surname

The Trevor dynasty have for centuries been associated with the Llangollen and Chirk areas in Denbighshire, north-east Wales:
*John Trevor I was Bishop of St Asaph (1352-1357)
*John Trevor II was Bishop of St Asaph (1395-1402)
*Baron Trevor is a British peerage title.

Notable people with the surname Trevor include:
*Claire Trevor (1910-2000), American actress
*Glen Trevor (1900-1954), pen-name of James Hilton
*William Trevor (born 1928), Irish writer
*Hugh Trevor-Roper, Lord Dacre (1914–2003), British historian

As a given name

Notable people with the forename Trevor include:

*Trevor Ariza, NBA basketball
*Trevor Berbick, boxer
*Trevor Eve, actor
*Sir Trevor Dawson Bt, arms manufacturer
*Trevor Devall, actor
*Trevor Hoffman, MLB baseball
*Trevor Howard, actor
*Trevor Immelman, golfer
*Trevor Mallard, New Zealand politician and Cabinet Minister
*Trevor Linden, NHL hockey
*Sir Trevor McDonald, broadcaster
*Trevor Nelson, British DJ
*Sir Trevor Nunn, theatre and film director
*Trevor Phillips (born 1953), British politician
*Trevor Pryce (born 1975), American football player
*Trevor Rabin, guitarist formerly of the rock group Yes
*Trevor Rees-Jones, Bodyguard and sole survivor of the car crash that killed Diana, Princess of Wales
*Trevor St. John, American actor, best known as Todd Manning on ABC-TV soap opera One Life to Live
*Trevor Schauer Exploravision 2007 Regional Winner
*Trevor Tahiem Smith Jr., a.k.a Busta Rhymes, American rapper
*Trevor Steven, English footballer
*Trevor Wilkinson, founder (1947–1965) TVR sports cars
*William Mueller, professional wrestler better known as Trevor Murdoch

Fictional characters

*Trevor the Traction Engine, character from "The Railway Series" children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry
*Trevor, Neville Longbottom's pet toad in the "Harry Potter" series
*Trevor Belmont, a character from the popular "Castlevania" game series
*Trevor McKinney, a 12-year-old character in the movie "Pay It Forward" played by Haley Joel Osment
*D.S. Trevor Hands, character from the British crime drama television series, "" played by Michael McKell (2003, 2005).
*Trevor Morgan, a fictional character from the BBC soap opera, "EastEnders".

Other uses of the name

*"Trevor", 1995 award-winning short film which received honorable mention at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival and won Best Live Action Short Film at the 67th Academy Awards
*The Trevor Project, toll-free suicide prevention helpline aimed at gay and questioning youth in the United States, inspired by the film

ee also

*John Trevor, various people
*Trevor Jones, various people


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