Trevor
For other uses, see Trevor (disambiguation).
| Trevor | |
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| Gender | Male |
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| Word/name | Welsh, Irish |
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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)
- Robert Hampden-Trevor, 1st Viscount Hampden of the first creation (1706–1783), Diplomat
- 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
- Horace Trevor-Cox (1908–2005), Conservative MP who later joined Labour
As a given name
Notable people with the forename Trevor include:
- Trevor Ariza, NBA basketball
- Trevor Bailey, English cricketer
- Trevor Bayne, NASCAR Driver
- Trevor Baylis (born 1937), British inventor
- Trevor Bayliss, Australian cricket coach
- Trevor Berbick, boxer
- The Hon. Sir Trevor Bigham, policeman
- Trevor Bolder, British musician, bassist for band Uriah Heep
- Sir Trevor Brooking, English international footballer
- Trevor Cahill, baseball player
- Sir Trevor John Chichele-Plowden, Resident of Hyderabad
- Sir Trevor Chinn
- Trevor Christie (born 1959), English footballer
- Trevor Daley, hockey player
- Sir Trevor Dawson Bt, arms manufacturer
- Trevor Devall, actor
- Trevor Erhardt (born 1962), Canadian ice hockey player
- Trevor Eve, actor
- Trevor Foster, Welsh rugby footballer
- Trevor Francis, former English footballer
- Sir Trevor Jack Gould, colonial judge
- Trevor Haddon, British artist and illustrator
- Sir Trevor Henry, New Zealand judge
- Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough
- Trevor Hockey, Welsh footballer
- Trevor Hoffman, MLB baseball
- Trevor Horn
- Trevor Howard, actor
- Trevor Huddleston, Anglican priest and anti-apartheid activist
- Trevor Hurst, Canadian singer, vocalist for band Econoline Crush
- Trevor Jones (composer), orchestral film score composer
- Trevor Kidd, hockey player
- Sir Trevor Lawrence, 2nd Baronet
- Trevor Letowski, hockey player
- Trevor Lewis, hockey player
- Trevor Oswin Lewis, 4th Baron Merthyr disclaimed
- David Trevor Lewis, 5th Baron Merthyr
- Trevor Linden, hockey player
- Trevor Lock, comedian
- Trevor Lucas, spoken word artist
- Trevor Mallard, New Zealand politician and Cabinet Minister
- Trevor Manuel, South African politician and economist
- Peter Trevor Maxwell, Peter Maxwell, 28th Baron de Ros, Premier Baron of England
- Sir Trevor McDonald, broadcaster
- Trevor Moore (disambiguation), multiple people
- Trevor Murdock, ring name of professional wrestler William Mueller
- Trevor Nelson, British DJ
- Trevor Noah, South African stand-up comedian
- Sir Trevor Nunn, 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, guitarist formerly of the rock group Yes
- Trevor Read (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
- Trevor Rees-Jones, American billionaire and executive
- Trevor Rees-Jones, Bodyguard and sole survivor of the car crash that killed Diana, Princess of Wales
- Trevor Roberts, 2nd Baron Clwyd
- Trevor Rosenthal (born 1990), baseball player
- Trevor St. John, American actor
- Trevor Segstro (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
- Trevor Semper, Montserratian cricketer
- Sir Trevor Skeet, Conservative MP
- Trevor Smith (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- Trevor Arthur Smith, Baron Smith of Clifton, Liberal Democrat Peer
- Trevor Tahiem Smith Jr., a.k.a. Busta Rhymes, American rapper
- Admiral Sir Trevor Soar, C-in-C Fleet from June 2009
- Trevor Spring, gentleman cricketer and army officer
- Trevor Stamp, 3rd Baron Stamp FRCPath
- Trevor Stamp, 4th Baron Stamp FRCP
- Trevor Steven, English footballer
- Trevor Wilkinson (1947–1965), founder of TVR sports cars
- Sir Trevor Williams, 1st Baronet
- Trevor Wright, American actor
- Trevor Godinho, Photographer and artist
Fictional characters
- Trevor the Traction Engine in The Railway Series children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry
- Trevor, Neville Longbottom's pet toad in the Harry Potter series
- Magical Trevor, a magician in Weebl's cartoons
- Trevor Belmont in the Castlevania 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 Goodchild, antagonist in the franchise Æon Flux
- 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 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
- Trevor Ockmonick in the 80's TV show ALF
- Trevor Philips is one of the three playable protagonists in the videogame Grand Theft Auto V by Rockstar Games
- Trevor Reznik, main character of the movie The Machinist, played by Christian Bale
- Steve Trevor, character in the DC Comics and 1970s television series Wonder Woman
- Trevor Hale, main character of the TV show Cupid played by Jeremy Piven
See also
- List of Irish-language given names
- List of Scottish Gaelic given names
- John Trevor (disambiguation), various people
- Trevor Jones (disambiguation), various people
- Trevor Smith (disambiguation), various people
- Trevor (disambiguation)
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