tristan

[ilianora]

trying to convince my partner on this one.. any opinions please?

Very nice - a thumbs up from me.

I don't like it... means "sadness"
The sound is nice but I can't get past the meaning.

I too think triste (sadness in French) when I hear Tristan, I'm afraid.

Beautiful. I love the sound and the look of it on the page.

The meaning (tristis = sadness in Latin) would put me off, sorry.

How about Quentin, Felix or Winston which have a similar feel?

Love,love,love it. It is my dp's name though,but I loved it even before I met him.

luckily i have no interest in the meaning :), i couldnt tell you what any of my friends names mean so i dont think it is that relevant in life thankfully. (my real name means 'sacred cow' but ive never been troubled by it! lol) Trist is 'sad' in welsh but the i is pronounced 'ee' so its a completely different sound thankfully. meaning aside... any other opinions?
Thanks for posting :)

I love it, and tanks to Stardust, i love Tristram too.

My brother is Trystan and I've never associated the name with sadness - despite being Welsh speakers and knowing that 'trist' is Welsh for 'sad'. Is your name Welsh too ilianora - I'm trying to guess what your rl is!?

hehe no its hebrew and its Leah. kinder websites give it slightly different meanings but ive always known it to be sacred cow unfortunately!

i had read somewhere that Tristan had welsh origins but never associated it with trist until this post. Like the alternative spelling for your brothers name, quite interesting that way :)