Tristan is an Old French name whose meaning is uncertain.

Tristan celtic meaning. It originates from the Brythonic name Drust or Drustanus. Tristan -- known through medieval legend and Wagnerian opera --. The masculine name Tristan is an Old French form of the name Drustan from Pictish and is a diminutive of Drust.

12 rows Tristan from the Celtic name Tristram means din noise tumult by virtue of its derivation. The masculine name Tristan is an Old French form of the name Drustan from Pictish and is a diminutive of Drust. Tristan as a boys name also used less generally as girls name Tristan is pronounced TRISS-tan.

The spelling of the name was changed to be associated with the Latin word tristis meaning sad. Their tragic story was very popular in the Middle Ages and the name has occasionally been used since that time. Tristan is a boys name of Celtic origin meaning noise or sorrowful.

About 15 percent of the baby Tristans are female. It arises from the Brythonic identify Drust or Drustanus. The name Tristan is a girls name of Celtic origin meaning noise or sorrowful.

It derives from a stem meaning noise seen in the modern Welsh noun trwst plural trystau and the verb trystio to clatter. It derives from the meaning noise. The name Tristan is an Celtic baby name.

Tristan or Tristram or Tristen is a given name of Welsh origin. In Celtic Baby Names the meaning of the name Tristan is. In Welsh it has the meaning noise of arms or clanking sword and in French it holds the meaning sorrowful and is an Old French form of Drustan a diminutive of the the Celtic Gaelic name Drust from Drest tumult a riot.