Tristan

proper nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈtɹɪstən//

A male given name from the Celtic languages.

proper noun

1
A male given name from the Celtic languages.
After the first son had been properly named after the grandfather, the second caught the brunt of her few impulses, being named "Tristan", gleaned from medieval lore from her years at Wellesley.
'His name is Tristan, by the way.' 'Tristan?' 'Yes. Oh, I should have told you. You must have wondered about my own queer name. It was my father. Great Wagnerian. It nearly ruled his life. It was music all the time – mainly Wagner.'
2
A knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend
3
A female given name.
4
Variant of Tristan da CunhaEllipsis of Tristan da Cunha.

Etymology

Old French, the name of a knight, lover of Iseult in medieval romance Tristan and Iseult, from Celtic Drystan derived from drest meaning "riot" or "tumult".

Forms

plural: Tristans

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Tristan · A male given name from the Celtic languages.

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