| ![Show Contents]() Trevis Surname History
Etymology of TrevisWhat does the name Trevis mean? The prestigious surname Trevis is a symbol of an ancient Jewish heritage. Before the late Middle Ages, people were known only by a single name. However, as the population increased and travelers set out on their journeys, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves. Jewish hereditary surnames were adopted from a variety of different sources. The surname Trevis is a Western Ashkenazic habitational surname, from the town of Trier on the Moselle. A modern interpretation of the derivation of this surname associates it with the German word "dreifuss," which means "tripod." The derivation as a habitational surname, however, is more probable. Trevis Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Drefus, Dreyfus, Trefus, Treves, Trevis, Trives, Trivis, Trivus, Trivas, Tribus, Trèves, Trève, Trivier, Trivash, Dreifus, Dreifuss and many more.
| Trevis migration to the United States | + |
Trevis Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Jacobin Trevis, who arrived in Virginia in 1655 1
- William Trevis, who arrived in Virginia in 1655 1
Trevis Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- R Trevis, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1855 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Trevis (post 1700) | + |
- Keith Trevis Thibodeaux (b. 1974), former American football cornerback
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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