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Tristan
Pronounced /ˈtɹɪstən/
Rank in 2024
#8,448
Born in 2024
12
Peak year
1996 · #590
Origin
Celtic
Also recorded for boys:1,296 in 2024 (#267)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 12 girls were named Tristan, about 1 in every 134,432.
- It peaked in 1996 with 386 babies, ranked #590.
- It first shows up in the records in 1962.
- 6,529 girls have been named Tristan since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Tristan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 10 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 416 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,593 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,968 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 542 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Old French, the name of a knight, lover of Iseult in medieval romance Tristan and Iseult, from Celtic Drystan derived from drest meaning "riot" or "tumult".
- A male given name from the Celtic languages.
- A female given name.
- Origin
- Celtic
- Say it
- /ˈtɹɪstən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Tristan, CC BY-SA 4.0.