# Trevelyan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #47,388

## Definitions
1. A surname from Cornish.
2. Ellipsis of Trevelyan College, Durham.

## Etymology
From Cornish trev (“farmstead; town”) + the Cornish personal name Elyan.

## Common misspellings (14)
`rtevelyan`, `tervelyan`, `treevlyan`, `trevelayn`, `trevellyan`, `trevelyann`, `trevelyna`, `trevelyyan`, `treveylan`, `trevleyan`, `trevvelyan`, `trrevelyan`, `trveelyan`, `ttrevelyan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/trevelyan