Where did it originate and what does it mean?
2007-02-15 06:27:58 · 3 answers · asked by Drake 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
My last name is Tristan. I can trace it back through my family four generations.
We always accent the 'a'.
Tristán
2007-02-15 06:54:31 · update #1
It is of Celtic origin. From a Celtic name. In Arthurian legend, Tristan (sometimes called Tristram) was a Knight of the Round Table and the tragic hero of the medieval tale "Tristan and Isolde". The tale has been retold in many poems and operas. This ancient name may derive from a Pictish original, Drostan, but the form was probably influenced by the French term "triste", meaning "sad". The name is popular in Spain.
Tristan has 9 variant forms: Tris, Tristam, Tristen, Tristian, Tristin, Triston, Tristram, Tristyn and Trystan.
4:25 pm...Drake, I found the name under both first and surname...I gave the meaning found under surname....thats why the pictish reference
2007-02-15 06:35:17 · answer #1 · answered by aidan402 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tristan isn't a surname, it's a given name. Its meaning is obscure, but it is apparently derived from a word that means sadness. See the link below, and if you're seriously interested, you can get more info by doing a search on the internet using "tristan meaning" as a search term.
2007-02-15 06:38:47 · answer #2 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tristan is a Celtic name.
2007-02-15 06:33:09 · answer #3 · answered by Suzianne 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋