Trevor ( Trefor in the

Welsh language Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic languages, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales by about 18% of the population, by some in England, and in (the Welsh c ...

) is a common

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of Welsh origin. It is an

habitational name A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,

, deriving from the Welsh ''tre(f)'', meaning "homestead", or "settlement" and ''fawr'', meaning "large, big". The

Cornish language Cornish (Standard Written Form: or , ) is a Southwestern Brittonic language, Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family. Along with Welsh language, Welsh and Breton language, Breton, Cornish descends from Common Brittonic, ...

equivalent is Trevorrow and is most associated with

Ludgvan Ludgvan ( ; ) is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, UK, northeast of Penzance. Ludgvan village is split between Churchtown, on the hill, and Lower Quarter to the east, adjoining Crowlas. For the purposes ...

. Trevor is also a reduced Anglicized form of the

Gaelic Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to: Languages * Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insul ...

''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 Hugh Trevor (born Hugh Trevor-Thomas; October 28, 1903 – November 10, 1933) was an American actor whose short career began at the very end of the silent era in 1927. He would appear in nineteen films in the scant six years during which he was ...

(1903–1933), American actor * John Trevor (disambiguation), various people *

William Trevor William Trevor Cox (24 May 1928 – 20 November 2016) was an Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer. One of the elder statesmen of the Irish literary world, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary writers of sho ...

(1928–2016), Irish writer * William Spottiswoode Trevor (1831–1907), recipient of the Victoria Cross

Fictional characters

Steve Trevor General Steven Rockwell Trevor is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Wonder Woman. The character was created by William Moulton Marston and first appeared in ' ...

, in the DC Comics, 1970s television series and 2017 film ''

Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a superheroine who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''All Star Comics'' Introducing Wonder Woman, #8, published October 21, 1941, with her first feature in ''Sensation Comic ...

As a given name

People

Trevor Ariza Trevor Anthony Ariza (born June 30, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player who spent 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A small forward, Ariza played college basketball for one season with the UCLA Bruins ...

(born 1985), American basketball player *

Trevor Bailey Trevor Edward Bailey (3 December 1923 – 10 February 2011) was an England Test cricketer, cricket writer and broadcaster. An all-rounder, Bailey was known for his skilful but unspectacular batting. As the BBC reflected in his obituary: "His ...

, English cricketer * Trevor Bauer, American baseball player *

Trevor Bayne Trevor Mitchell Bayne (born February 19, 1991) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver, Dirt track racing, dirt racing driver, team owner, and businessman. He is currently a pit reporter for NASCAR on Prime Video, ''NASCAR ...

, NASCAR driver * Trevor Baylis (1937–2018), British inventor *

Trevor Bayliss Trevor Harley Bayliss (born 21 December 1962) is an Australian cricket coach and former first class cricketer. He played for New South Wales between 1985 and 1997 before becoming a coach. Bayliss was coach of England from 2015 to 2019. He co ...

, Australian cricket coach *

Trevor Berbick Trevor Berbick (1 August 1954 – 28 October 2006) was a Jamaican professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 2000. He won the WBC heavyweight title in 1986 by defeating Pinklon Thomas, then lost it in his first defense in the same year to Mi ...

, boxer *

Trevor Bigham Sir Frank Trevor Roger Bigham, KBE, CB (22 May 1876 – 23 November 1954) was an English barrister, an Assistant Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police from 1914 to 1931, and Deputy Commissioner from 1931 to 1935. He was the first o ...

, policeman *

Trevor Bolder Trevor Bolder (9 June 1950 – 21 May 2013) was an English rock musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his long association with Uriah Heep and his tenure with the Spiders from Mars, the backing band for David Bowie, ...

, British musician, bassist for Uriah Heep *

Trevor Brooking Sir Trevor David Brooking (born 2 October 1948) is a former England national football team, England international Association football, footballer, manager, pundit and football administrator; he now works as director of football development in En ...

, English footballer *

Trevor Cahill Trevor John Cahill (born March 1, 1988) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, Kansas City Roy ...

, baseball player *

Trevor Chappell Trevor Martin Chappell (born 12 October 1952) is a former Australian cricketer, a member of the South Australian Chappell family which excelled at cricket. He played 3 tests and 20 One Day Internationals for Australia. He won the Sheffield Shi ...

, Australian cricketer *

Trevor Chinn Sir Trevor Edwin Chinn (born 24 July 1935) is a British businessman, philanthropist, and political activist. He is a Labour Party supporter and donor as well as active in Jewish and pro-Israel causes. Career Chinn was educated at Clifton Coll ...

(born 1935), British businessman and philanthropist *

Trevor Chinn (glaciologist) Trevor James Hill Chinn (9 August 1937 – 20 December 2018) was a New Zealand glaciologist, who conducted extensive surveys of the Glaciers of New Zealand, glaciers of New Zealand's Southern Alps. Early life Chinn was fascinated by glaciers f ...

(c.1937–2018), New Zealand scientist *

Trevor Christensen Trevor Christensen (born 12 May 1993), known professionally as Said the Sky, is an American electronic dance music producer, DJ and musician. Early life At the age of 8, Christensen went for piano lessons which he had disliked. He quit the le ...

(born 1993), American DJ * Trevor Christie (born 1959), English footballer *

Trevor Daley Trevor Daley (born October 9, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman, currently serving as a Special Assistant to the President of Hockey Operations for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He playe ...

, hockey player * Trevor Daniel (American football) (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 Trevor Denman (born 24 September 1952) is a South African American sportscaster and public-address announcer specializing in Thoroughbred horse racing. Background Denman was born in Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa. A part-time jockey and ex ...

, Thoroughbred race track announcer, sportscaster *

Trevor Devall Trevor Devall (born November 10, 1972) is a Canadian voice actor. He worked for various other studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for years, before he relocated to Los Angeles, California in 2013. Early life Trevor Devall was born ...

, actor *

Trevor Dunn Trevor Roy Dunn (born January 30, 1968) is an American composer, bass guitarist, and double bassist. He came to prominence in the 1990s with the experimental band Mr. Bungle. While performing with Mr. Bungle, he would dress similar to the S ...

, American bassist (

Mr. Bungle Mr. Bungle is an American experimental rock band formed in Eureka, California, in 1985. The band is known for its eclecticism, cycling through several musical genres, often within the course of a single song, including heavy metal, avant-garde ...

) 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 Etienne Trevor Etienne (born July 9, 2004) is an American professional football running back for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida Gators and Georgia Bulldogs. Etienne was selected by ...

(born 2004), American football player *

Trevor Eve Trevor John Eve (born 1 July 1951) is an English actor. In 1979, he gained fame as the eponymous lead in the detective series '' Shoestring'' (1979-1980) and is also known for his role as Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd in the long-running B ...

, actor * Trevor Foster, Welsh rugby footballer *

Trevor Francis Trevor John Francis (19 April 1954 – 24 July 2023) was an English footballer who played as a forward for a number of clubs in England, the United States, Italy, Scotland and Australia. In 1979 he became Britain's first £1 million pla ...

, English footballer * Trevor Gaskins, Panamaian basketball player * Trevor Gleeson, Australian basketball coach * Trevor Guthrie (born 1973), Canadian singer and songwriter * Trevor Haddon, British artist and illustrator * Trevor Hauver (born 1998), American baseball player * Trevor Henry, New Zealand judge *

Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough (1693 – 5 May 1742) was an Anglo-Irish landowner and politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons from 1713 to 1715 and in the British House of Commons from 1715 to 1722. Hill was the eldest son of M ...

* Trevor Hockey, Welsh footballer *

Trevor Hoffman Trevor William Hoffman (born October 13, 1967) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 18 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1993 to 2010. A long-time closer, he pitched for the Florida Marlins, San Diego Padres, ...

, baseball player *

Trevor Horn Trevor Charles Horn (born 15 July 1949) is an English record producer and musician. His influence on pop and electronic music in the 1980s was such that he has been called "the man who invented the eighties". Horn took up the bass guitar at an ...

, English musician *

Trevor Howard Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith (29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988) was an English stage and screen actor. After varied work in the theatre, he achieved leading man star status in the film '' Brief Encounter'' (1945), followed by '' The Third M ...

, 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 Jacob, American snowboarder and YouTuber * Trevor Jacobs (footballer), English footballer * Trevor Jacobs (politician), American politician * Trevor James (disambiguation), various people * Trevor Jones (disambiguation), various people * Trevor Keegan (born 2000), American football player * Trevor Keels (born 2003), American basketball player *

Trevor Kidd Trevor Rodney Kidd (born March 29, 1972) is a Canadian former Ice hockey goaltender who last played for the Hannover Scorpions in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Throughout his 12-year National Hockey League career, Kidd played for the Calgary Flame ...

, hockey player * Trevor Kirczenow (born 1985), Canadian health researcher and advocate * Trevor Knight, American football player * Trevor Lane, American professional baseball player *

Trevor Lawrence William Trevor Lawrence (born October 6, 1999) is an American professional American football, football quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). Considered among the highest-touted college football prospect ...

(born 1999), American football player * Sir Trevor Lawrence, 2nd Baronet * Trevor Letowski, hockey player *Trevor Oswin Lewis, 4th Baron Merthyr * Trevor Lewis, hockey player * Trevor Linden, hockey player * Trevor Lock, comedian * Trevor Lucas, spoken word artist * Trevor Mallard, New Zealand politician and Cabinet minister *

Trevor Manuel Trevor Andrew Manuel (born 31 January 1956) is a retired South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist who served in the cabinet of South Africa between 1994 and 2014. He was the South African Department of Finance, Minister of ...

, South African politician and economist * Sir Trevor McDonald (born 1939), Trinidadian-British newscaster journalist * San Francisco Giants minor league players#Trevor McDonald (born 2001), American baseball player * Trevor Milton (born 1981/1982), American billionaire, CEO and co-founder of Nikola Motor Company * Trevor Moore (disambiguation), various people * Trevor Murdoch, wrestler * Trevor Neal, of British comedy duo Trevor and Simon *

Trevor Nelson Trevor Ricardo Nelson, MBE (born 7 January 1964) is an English DJ and radio presenter. He is best known for presenting a range of shows across BBC Radio. Early life Born in Hackney to a family of St Lucian heritage, Nelson attended Centra ...

, British DJ * Trevor Noah, South African comedian and presenter * Sir Trevor Nunn, theatre and film director * Trevor Ogilvie-Grant, 4th Baron Strathspey (1879–1948), member of the House of Lords * Trevor Olavae (born 1959), Solomon Islands politician *

Trevor Phillips Sir Mark Trevor Phillips (born 31 December 1953) is a British writer, broadcaster and former politician who served as Chair of the London Assembly from 2000 to 2001 and from 2002 to 2003. He presented ''Sophy Ridge on Sunday, 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 Canadians, 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 th ...

(born 1980), Canadian ice hockey defenceman * Trevor Rees-Jones (businessman), American billionaire *

Trevor Rees-Jones (bodyguard) Trevor Rees-Jones (also known as Trevor Rees; born 3 March 1968) is a British author and former bodyguard who was badly injured and the only survivor in the Death of Diana, Princess of Wales, car crash in Paris that killed Diana, Princess of Wal ...

, bodyguard and sole survivor of the car crash that killed Diana, Princess of Wales * Trevor Reid (1908–1965), English actor * Trevor Reid (gridiron football) (born 2000), American football player * 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 John Trevor Roberts, 2nd Baron Clwyd of Abergele in the County of Denbigh (28 November 1900 – 30 March 1987), also Sir John Trevor Roberts, 2nd Baronet, was a Welsh peer. He was known as Trevor Roberts. Background and early life Roberts wa ...

* Trevor Rosenthal (born 1990), baseball player * Trevor St. John, American actor * Trevor Segstro (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player * Trevor Semper, Montserratian cricketer * Trevor Siemian, American football player * Trevor Skeet, Conservative MP * Trevor Smith (disambiguation), various people * Trevor Soar (born 1956), retired Royal Navy admiral * Trevor Spring, gentleman cricketer and army officer * Trevor Stamp, 3rd Baron Stamp FRCPath * Trevor Stamp, 4th Baron Stamp FRCP *

Trevor Steven Trevor McGregor Steven (born 21 September 1963) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right-sided midfielder. He progressed through the ranks at Burnley, making his debut in 1981 regularly scoring over the next two seasons ...

, 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, Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator * Trevor Zegras, American ice hockey player * Trevor Zinck (born 1970), Canadian politician

Animals

* Trevor (duck) (died 2019), mallard duck in Niue

Fictional characters

*Trevor, titular protagonist of the 1994 short film of the same name *Trev or Trevor, a series of minor characters created by New Zealand-Australian satirist John Clarke, part of his Fred Dagg persona *Trevor, a demon character in ''

The Good Place ''The Good Place'' is an American fantasy-comedy television series created by Michael Schur for NBC. The series premiered on September 19, 2016, and concluded on January 30, 2020, after four seasons consisting of 53 episodes. Although the pl ...

'' TV series *Trevor,

Neville Longbottom Neville Longbottom is a fictional character in the ''Harry Potter'' series of novels by J. K. Rowling. He is described as a round-faced Gryffindor student in the central character Harry Potter's year. Throughout the series, Neville is often po ...

's pet toad in the ''Harry Potter'' series *Trevor, titular protagonist of '' Trevor: The Musical'' *Trevor the Traction Engine in ''

The Railway Series ''The Railway Series'' is a series of British books about a railway known as the North Western Railway, located on the fictional Sodor (fictional island), Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first published in May 1945 by Wi ...

'' children's books * 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 of Mike Ross in U.S. TV series '' Suits'' *

Trevor Fitzroy Trevor Fitzroy is a 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 in ''The U ...

, 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 ( , meaning "passionate desire") is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the god of war Mars. He is also known as Amor (Latin: ...

'' *D.S. Trevor Hands in the British crime drama television series '' M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team'' *

Trevor Jordache Trevor Jordache is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside'', played by Bryan Murray (actor), Bryan Murray. The character debuted on-screen during the episode broadcast on 8 March 1993. The ...

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'' *Trevor Lefkowitz, one of the main characters in the

CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainme ...

series ''

Ghosts In folklore, a ghost is the soul or Spirit (supernatural entity), spirit of a dead Human, person or non-human animal that is believed by some people to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from a ...

'' *Trevor McKinney, protagonist in the film ''

Pay It Forward Pay it forward is an expression for describing the beneficiary of a good deed repaying the kindness to others rather than paying it back to the original benefactor. It is also called serial reciprocity. The concept is old, but the particular ph ...

'' * Trevor Morgan in the BBC soap opera ''

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a British television 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 East End of London, the ...

'' * Trevor Ockmonick in the 1980's TV show '' ALF'' *

Trevor Philips Trevor Philips is a character and one of the three playable protagonists, alongside Michael de Santa and Franklin Clinton, of ''Grand Theft Auto V'', the seventh main title in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series developed by Rockstar North and ...

, protagonist of ''Grand Theft Auto V'' *Trevor Reznik, main character of the movie '' The Machinist'' *

Trevor Slattery Trevor Slattery is a character portrayed by Ben Kingsley in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). An actor hired to portray the legendary terrorist leader of the Ten Rings dubbed " the Mandarin", he first appeared in the film ''Iron Man 3'' (201 ...

, character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe *Trevor Spacey, one of the playable characters in '' Metal Slug 4'' *Trevor Spengler, a ghostbuster, one of the main characters on the film '' Ghostbusters: Afterlife'' and '' Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire'' *Trevor's Treasure Tracker, strip cartoon about boy named Trevor in

Whoopee! ''Whoopee!'' is a 1928 musical comedy play with a book based on Owen Davis's play, ''The Nervous Wreck.'' The musical libretto was written by William Anthony McGuire, with music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Gus Kahn. The musical premiered o ...

comics. *Trevor Troublemeyer, one of the main characters in the Canadian animated series ''

Sidekick A sidekick is a close companion or colleague who is, or is generally regarded as, subordinate to those whom they accompany. Origins The first recorded use of the term dates from 1896. It is believed to have originated in pickpocket slang of ...

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