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I found my son's name in a baby book some 27 years ago. I know it is French. It's "Trevelyan" with an accent aigu on the first "e".
Someone told him it is medieval and a dead name not used any more. Like a dead language.
What's the scoop?
Someone told him it is medieval and a dead name not used any more. Like a dead language.
What's the scoop?
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Vivian,
Trevelyan is medieval in origin, but it's Cornish (extreme SW England), not French. It derives from a placename in Cornwall, given as "Trevelien" in the "Domesday Book" (pre-1100), and originally means "homestead or settlement (Cornish "tref") of a man named Elian".
- Daividh
Trevelyan is medieval in origin, but it's Cornish (extreme SW England), not French. It derives from a placename in Cornwall, given as "Trevelien" in the "Domesday Book" (pre-1100), and originally means "homestead or settlement (Cornish "tref") of a man named Elian".
- Daividh
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