Traverse: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Traverse – Meaning: crossing – Origin: Old French – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: TRAV-ers


Traverse is an Old French boy's name meaning “crossing”. It appears in our list of 175+ State-Inspired Baby Names as American as They Come.

Meaning & Origin of Traverse

Meaning: Crossing.

Origin: Old French.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Traverse

Phonetic: TRAV-ers   IPA: /ˈtrævərs/

Popularity of Traverse

Traverse doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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