Trevaughn
Masculine
Trevaughn joins an American prefix to a Welsh surname, and the front happens to be a real Welsh word too — which makes the name look Welsh twice over and be Welsh only once.
How old is the name Trevaughn?
Trevaughn first appears in US birth records in 1986 — 39 years ago. The typical Trevaughn alive today was born around 2000, making them about 25 years old. About 900 people named Trevaughn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Trevaughn most popular?
Trevaughn peaked in 1997, reaching #1499 nationally. See the whole 1997 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Trevaughn
Welsh place names beginning with that syllable run into the hundreds: it means a settlement or a homestead, and it is the single most productive element in the country's map. An American name that happens to start with the same three letters is not related to any of them — the prefix came out of the same stock as the La- and De- fronts and was chosen for sound. What results is a name that a Welsh speaker would read as two Welsh words that do not go together, and an American reads as an ordinary modern name. Both readings are legitimate, which is the odd position a great many built names end up in.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The second half is a genuine Welsh surname. The first is an American prefix, common in names of the period, with no meaning attached. It looks like the Welsh word for a town or homestead, which opens hundreds of Welsh place names, and the resemblance is a coincidence.
Pronouncing Trevaughn
truh-VAWN
Two syllables with the stress at the back. The gh is silent, as it is in the Welsh surname.
Nicknames for Trevaughn
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1986
- Most boys named
- 199770 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1499reached in 1997
- Change vs 2021
- −50.0%6 in 2022, from 12
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Trevaughn in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Fychan in Welsh — related form
Trevaughns among us
people named Trevaughn are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Trevaughn sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The back stress makes it carry and resists shortening.
- It contains a complete surname that can be used alone.
- It is read correctly on sight.
- Trevon, Trevaun and Travaughn are all in the record and his will be written as one of them.
- The silent gh invites questions every time it is written.
- The front carries no meaning, whatever the Welsh resemblance suggests.
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Frequently asked
- How many Trevaughns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Trevaughn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Trevaughn in 2025?
- Trevaughn is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Trevaughn with classmates?
- Trevaughn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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