Trevelyan
surname · Latin script
Meaning: person from Trevelyan, Cornwall; ‘farmstead by a mill’
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Trevelyan is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- NZNew Zealand
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
person from Trevelyan, Cornwall; ‘farmstead by a mill’
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Trevelyan is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
¢ Transferred use of the Cornish surname, in origin a local name from a place mentioned in the Domesday Book as Trevelien, i.e. ‘homestead or settlement (Cornish tref) of Elian’. The latter is an ancient Celtic personal name of obscure origin (cf. Elvis).
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, A surname from Cornish.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, George, British historian; pers.
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Cornish: from the farm at the mill.
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English: transferred use of the surname, which is of Cornish origin, a local name from a place named in the Domesday Book as Trevelien , i.e. ‘homestead or settlement (Cornish tref ) of Elian ’.
as a word
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronetb. 1838GBBritish statesman and author (1838-1928)
- Sir Charles Trevelyan, 3rd Baronetb. 1870GBBritish politician (1870-1958)
- R. C. Trevelyanb. 1872GBEnglish poet and translator (1872–1951)
- George Macaulay Trevelyanb. 1876GBBritish historian (1876–1962)
- Humphrey Trevelyanb. 1905GBBritish diplomat (1905-1985)
- George Trevelyanb. 1906GBBritish baronet (1906-1996)
- Philip Trevelyanb. 1943GBBritish organic hill farmer, entrepreneur and former film and television director
- Edward Trevelyanb. 1955USAmerican sailor
- Laura Trevelyanb. 1968GBBritish-American journalist
- Anne-Marie Trevelyanb. 1969GBBritish politician
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 651 | #9,237 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 7 | #143,513 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #406,059 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Trevelyan mean, and where does it come from?
- person from Trevelyan, Cornwall; ‘farmstead by a mill’ Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Trevelyan have the most bearers?
- Trevelyan is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
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About this data
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Trevelyan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.