Trinidad

Girl or boy · Spanish (Latin trinitas)

Trinidad

Say it: tree-nee-DAD

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Meaning

Spanish 'Trinity'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

A fashion of the 1920s

In the United States

9,566 babies given this name since 1884
At its height in 1922, about 1 in 6,800 boys
37 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Spanish Mexican Central American Andean Argentine Caribbean

The family of the name

Other spellings: Trini

Catalan	Trinitat
Portuguese	Trindade

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PhilomenaGirlGreek, usually explained as 'beloved' (philoumenē) or 'friend of strength' (philos and menos); the first is the more…Victorian · peak 1908

LuciusBoyRoman writers such as Varro linked it to Latin lux 'light', explaining it as a name for a child born at daybreak;…Rome · peak 1881

MagdaleneGirlGreek Magdalēnē, 'woman of Magdala', a town whose name comes from Hebrew migdal 'tower'.Biblical · peak 1904

ZechariahBoyHebrew Zekharyah, 'YHWH has remembered'.Biblical · peak 2015

AgathaGirlGreek agathē, 'good'.Early Medieval · peak 1899

FerdinandBoyOf Visigothic origin; often explained as fardi 'journey' or frith 'peace' with nand 'daring', but this is uncertain.Middle Ages · peak 1884

DarrenBoyA surname of uncertain origin, sometimes linked to Irish Ó Dearáin; its use as a first name is a 20th-century…Modern · peak 1965

TrinityGirlFrom the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, Latin trinitas 'threefold'.Modern · peak 2004

Where this comes from

Calendars of saints and name days
National birth statistics of European countries source
Parish baptism registers
Colonial records of the Americas
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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