Trefor: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Trefor – Meaning: big/great village (tref 'village, homestead' + mawr 'big, great') – Origin: Welsh – Gender: Boy


Trefor is a Welsh boy's name meaning “big/great village (tref 'village, homestead' + mawr 'big, great')”. It appears in our list of 175+ Welsh Baby Boy Names With Ancient Bardic Roots.

Meaning & Origin of Trefor

Meaning: Big/great village (tref 'village, homestead' + mawr 'big, great').

Origin: Welsh.

Source: Wiktionary.

Popularity of Trefor

Trefor 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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