Tremaine

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Tremaine

Say it: treh-MAYN

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Meaning

From a Cornish place-name surname, from Cornish tre 'farmstead' and men 'stone'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 1980s

In the United States

05010018801900192019401960198020002020Girls 1982Boys 2010per million babies of that sex
  • 4,673 babies given this name since 1959
  • At its height in 1982, about 1 in 12,500 boys
  • 62 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

African AmericanCornish

The family of the name

Other spellings: Tremain, Tramaine

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Where this comes from

  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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