Tristan (name)

Tristan is a male, rarely female first name.

Origin, Meaning and dissemination

The name Tristan comes from the Celtic and is derived from drest or Drust what (arms) noise means.

The name is in the German language area known primarily for Richard Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde after written around 1210 epic poem Tristan of Gottfried von Strassburg. This is based on the Old French Tristan novel by Thomas d' Angleterre ( around 1180 ). In Gottfried and - in his successor - in Wagner's Tristan 's name is derived from the French, triste '= "sad". The use as a female first name is rare.

Well-known bearers of the name

Tristan Anderson (born 1971 ), American photojournalist
Tristán Bauer ( born 1959 ), Argentine film director, screenwriter and cinematographer
Tristan Berger ( born 1959 ), a German playwright, theater educator, author and translator
Tristan Brübach (* 1984-1998 ), victim of the " murder Tristan "
Tristan corbière (1845-1875), French poet
Tristão da Cunha (1460-1540), Portuguese Admiral
Tristan Egolf (1971-2005), American writer
Tristan Gommendy ( born 1980 ), French race car driver
Tristan Honsinger ( b. 1949 ), American free-jazz cellist
Tristan Keuris (1946-1996), Dutch composer
Tristan L' Hermite (1601-1655), French writer
Tristan Materna (* 1972), German actor
Tristan Murail ( b. 1947 ), French composer
Tristan Rain ( born 1972 ), Swiss painter and photographic artist
Tristan Rogers ( born 1946 ), Australian actor
Tristan Seith ( born 1979 ), German theater and film actor
Tristan Tzara (1896-1963), French writer of Romanian origin

Tristan Gale ( born 1980 ), American Winter Sportswoman
Tristan Taormino (born 1971 ), writer and director