Travis

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Travis, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Wyatt
• Zachary
• Shane
• Barker
• Scott
• Gavin
• Steven
• Melvin
• Justin
• Vincent
• Wesley
• Patrick

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Travis is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Ṭraṿis

• Arabic given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan

  Languages: Arabic, Hebrew

  Also written טראוויס, טרוויס, טרייביס, Travís

• Greek given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Trabis, Τράβις, Τραβις, Τραβης

77 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Travis is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A surname originating as an occupation.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Different form of Travers.

  as a name·Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

• English: transferred use of the surname, which is derived from a Norman French occupational name (from traverser to cross) for someone who collected a toll from users of a bridge or a particular stretch of road. It is now regularly used as a given name, especially in America and Australia.

  as a word

• In Catalan, second-person singular present subjunctive of travar

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Jim Reevesb. 1923USnot in their usual nameAmerican country singer (1923–1964)
• Glen Campbellb. 1936USnot in their usual nameAmerican musician (1936–2017)
• Bruce McGillb. 1950USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (born 1950)
• Travis Knightb. 1973USAmerican animator, producer, director, and former rapper
• Travis Barkerb. 1975USAmerican drummer (born 1975)
• Travis Kalanickb. 1976USAmerican entrepreneur
• Travis Fimmelb. 1979AUAustralian actor and model
• Travis Willinghamb. 1981USAmerican voice actor
• Travis McCoyb. 1981USAmerican rapper and singer
• Travis Van Winkleb. 1982USAmerican actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Travis mean, and where does it come from?

Transferred use of the surname, in origin a Norman French occupational name (from traverser ‘to cross’) for someone who collected a toll from users of a bridge or a particular stretch of road. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.

Is Travis a male or female name?

Travis is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Finland (DVV), Netherlands (Meertens NVB) and Spain (INE).

In which country does Travis have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 249 thousand people named Travis, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled travis.

Where is Travis most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Travis is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 863 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Travis?

In the United States, the national register counted 248,557 people named Travis in 2020, about 1 in 1.3 thousand residents.

How common is Travis compared with other names?

In the United States, Travis is the 273rd most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.

How do you pronounce Travis?

A machine transcription gives /tɹævɪs/ (IPA) for English.