Tristan or Tristram or Tristen is a given name descending from Welsh Drystan, influenced by the French word triste and Welsh/Cornish/Breton trist, both of which mean "sad" or "sorrowful". It owes its popularity to the character of Tristan, one of the Knights of the Round Table and the tragic hero of Tristan and Iseult.
Tristan has been consistently among the top 1000 names given to baby boys in the United States since 1971. There are various alternate forms of the name: Tristen, Triston, Tristin, Tristyn, Tristian, Trystan, and Trysten.
People with the mononym
Tristan
Tristan l'Hermite, French political and military figure of the late Middle Ages
Tristan de Clermont, Bartholomew "Tristan" de Clermont-Lodève (1380 – c. 1432), Count of Copertino, was a French-born knight who married Catherine del Balzo Orsini Tristan of Montepeloso (born 1020), the first lord of Montepeloso from 1042 Tristan (musician) (Tristan Cooke, born 1970), British psytrance and Goa trance DJ and producer Tristan D (born Tristan Dorian, 1988), British Trance DJ and EDM
Tristán
Tristán de Luna y Arellano (1510–1573), Spanish explorer and Conquistador
People with the given name
Tristan
Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist
Tristan Borges, Canadian soccer player
Tristan Cheung, Hong Kong professional footballer
Tristan Davies, British news executive
Tristan Do, Thai footballer
Tristan Evans, British drummer
Tristan A. Farnon, American webcomic author
Tristan Gale, American skeleton racer
Tristan Garel-Jones, British former MP
Tristan Gemmill, British actor
Tristan Gommendy, French racing driver
Tristan Hahót, Hungarian noble
Tristan Harris, American ethicist
Tristan Jarry, Canadian ice hockey player
Tristan Lamasine, French tennis player
Tristan Louis, French-American internet entrepreneur and writer
Tristan MacManus, Irish dancer
Tristan Murail, French composer
Tristan Nunez, American racing driver
Tristan Peersman, Belgian footballer
Tristan Plummer, English footballer
Tristan Prettyman, American singer-songwriter
Tristan Risk, Canadian film actress
Tristan Robbins, British cyclist
Tristan Rogers, Australian-American actor
Tristan Taormino, American feminist author/activist
Tristan Tate, American-British social media personality and businessman
Tristan Thomas, Australian athlete
Tristan Thompson, Canadian basketball player
Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet and performance artist
Tristan Vautier, French racing driver
Tristan Vizcaino (born 1995), American football player
Tristan Vukčević, Serbian basketball player
Tristan Wilds, American actor
Tristan Wirfs (born 1999), American football player
François Tristan l'Hermite, who wrote as "Tristan"
Tristram
Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet (died 1673), Irish Member of Parliament
Sir Tristram Beresford, 3rd Baronet (1669–1701), Irish Member of Parliament, grandson of the above Tristram Benjamin Bethea (1810–1876), American lawyer and politician Tristram Cary (1925–2008), British-Australian pioneering electronic music composer Tristram Coffin (disambiguation) Tristram Conyers (1619–1684), English lawyer and politician H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr. (1941–2018), American philosopher Tristram Hillier (1905–1983), English painter Tristram Hunt (born 1974), British politician, historian and journalist Tristram Kennedy (1805–1885), Irish politician and lawyer Tristram Shapeero (born 1966), British television director Tris Speaker (1888–1958), American Hall-of-Fame baseball player Tristram Speedy (1836–1911), English explorer and adventurer Tristram Stuart (born 12 March 1977), English activist and author Tristram Tyrwhitt (c. 1530–1590), English Member of Parliament Tristram Welman (1849–1931), English amateur cricketer
Tristán
Tristán Bauer (born 1959), Argentine film-maker and screenwriter
Tristen
Tristen Chernove (born 1975), Canadian Para cyclist and businessman
Tristen Gaspadarek, American singer-songwriter who performs as "Tristen" Tristen Hoge (born 1997), American football player Tristen Walker, Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League