Trenton

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Trenton, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Jersey
• Raleigh
• Camden
• Denver
• Lincoln
• Colton
• Boston
• Austin
• Preston
• Holden
• Dawson
• Weston

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Trenton is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Trêńtöñ, Trêńtoeñ

• Russian given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye

  Also written Трентон

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Trenton is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A number of places in the United States:

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Tres Equis (XXX)

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, Mexican beer

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Jim Trentonb. 1953USAmerican radio personality
• Trenton Lee Stewartb. 1970USnovelist
• Trent Whitingb. 1976USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player (born 1976)
• Trenton Ducatib. 1977USAmerican pornographic film actor
• Trenton Hassellb. 1979USAmerican basketball player (born 1979)
• Trenton Meachamb. 1985USAmerican basketball player (born 1985)
• Trenton Robinsonb. 1990USAmerican football player
• Trenton Brownb. 1993USAmerican football player, offensive lineman
• Trenton Julianb. 1998USAmerican swimmer
• Trenton Estepb. 1999USAmerican racing driver

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Trenton mean, and where does it come from?

Mainly U.S.: from the name of the city in New Jersey, the site of a decisive defeat of the British (1776) by Washington during the American Revolution. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.

In which country does Trenton have the most bearers?

Trenton is most frequently recorded in the United States, where it is most often spelled trenton.