Tritan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Tritan by the numbers
Tritan was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Tritan
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tritan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Tristanbold, sorrowful; from Pictish origin3,333 in the US (2017)
- Titanpowerful giant; from Titanes418 in the US (2017)
- Tritonson of Poseidon; messenger of the sea82 in the US (2017)
- Trihan3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tristensad; variant spelling of Tristan404 in the US (2017)
- Tristiansad; a spelling variant of Tristan226 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Tritan
Names that are said the same way as Tritan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Trytonson of Triton the sea god9 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Tritan
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