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It has too many apostrophes, but as far as made-up names go, this one's not too bad.

I'd go with what Chloe said: that it's an invented name made by taking parts of other names and putting them together, along the lines of Ja'Marion. It's a googlewhack (word for which Google has no listings) with that spelling, but there is a perfume called Très Jourdan which might have been an inspiration, and I also found a news item in the UK's Independent newspaper with a picture of a little boy called Tre'Jordan (http://bit.ly/8uTOrw), so someone else obviously had a similar idea, or there's another inspiration out there that we're not aware of.

This message was edited 12/15/2009, 12:04 PM

There's nothing good I can say about this name! It's just made-up, it could be some kind of mash-up of other names. I don't know what the apostrophes are for.. ugh.

I have no clue where this name might have come from, as I have never seen it before. Do you know someone with the name?

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If I had to hazard a guess, I might say it is an African-American creation melding the names Trey, Jordan or the French word for "day" (Jour), and the suffix "-ian" (which makes me think of things like Canadian, Victorian, etc.). I hope my classification of African-American does not offend, I certainly do not mean it to, but I have noticed that that demographic enjoys putting apostrophes in names more often than others (Like D'Angelo, Des'ree, etc).

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I think it is an intersting name. The apostrophes definitely give it a strong cultural image in my mind. The appearance of two apostrophes is a little much for my liking and starts puting the name into Star Trek categories, but the name itself is attractive-sounding and rather grand.

This message was edited 12/15/2009, 12:16 PM

I hate and I mean HATE apostrophes in names. In my opinion they have nothing to do in a name unless it's a name like D'Artagnan where they actually make sense. (That was harsh I know but I blame the apostrophes). Trejourdian looks much, much better and even though it sounds and looks kind of funny, it's not that bad. I've tried to figure out what it can mean but can't come up with anything other than that it looks very French and that jour means day.
I think I actually like Trejourdian though in a very gp kind of way. And just because I feel like it I will suggest the combo Trejourdian Alexander.