Tristan and Tristram

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What are your thoughts. I like both but think i prefer Tristram. My mum thinks it's awful though, it is really that bad? Do you know any Tristram's or Tristan's?

I knew one Tristram.

I thought his name was Tristan and he just spoke funny.

There will be a few people who have come across Tristram as it is the name of a character in a previous A level text (The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy). The book is not an easy read, tbh, and may influence opinion on the name!

Tristam just looks like a typo.. Like someobe misheard the n for an m..

I know it's a name in it's own right but I still feel like it's because someone spelt Tristan wrong once 😂

I've never heard of Tristram and its making me think of trams! But if you like it go for it.

I've known a couple of Tristan's and like it as a name.

Both sound really wet to me.

Makes me think of Tristram Shandy and the whole point there is that Tristram isn’t a real name. However it’s from the 18th century and these days there are far stranger names out there than Tristram... Plus it’s a great tribute to a great novel. Personally I do prefer Tristran but if you like it then go for it!!

Has Tristram Hunt been forgotten about already?! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristram_Hunt

Very posh but likeable.

Cosmoa you’re actually right - it’s from an 18th century novel, where the father of the title character wants to call him Trismegistus but the mother and the curate get it confused with Tristan and he ends up being christened Tristram and consequently is condemned to a life of woe!

I know one of each. worked with them as children they would be in their 20's now.
Both lovely boys from wealthy families. Like all unusual names you only need to know one for it to stop feeling unusual.
I think Tristan is easier to say.

Tristram is awful. It's so difficult and clunky to say. It ends up coming out like "tris-drum".

Tristan is marginally better, but still not fantastic. It also doesn't have posh connotations here; if anything, the opposite.

I like Tristan better, not least because, as others have said, Tristram is quite hard to say.

Tristan is very posh in my mind. It’s like Tarquin or Rupert. Not bad, just posh.

I prefer Tristan. How about Christian? Similar sound.....

Love Tristan, but Tristram is just a struggle and also looks a bit messy

Is Tristmegistus in the running?

Oh thank god. I thought this was for twins

Tristan is fine. I have a family member with this name. I can’t say Tristram

My friends DH is called Tristram, we also all thought he was called Tristan but had a speech impediment. It looks nice but sounds tricky and he'd forever be correcting people (or being nice and letting it slide for ages like friend's DH!)

I kind of hate them both. But Tristan is better than Tristram I suppose.

You could always ditch both and go for Vulcan? I hear that name's very much up and coming?

Not keen sorry OP.

How about:
Titus
Theodore (THEO)
Tobias (Toby)

Tristram Hunt is lovely.

But I prefer Tristan. I have a pretty —posh— well-spoken voice, the kind that’s meant to sound fine with names like Tristram, and I still find it really hard to say, doesn’t flow well. Tristan wouldn’t be my first choice but it’s nice and underused, won’t be 7 of them in his class.

Strikethrough fail

I know a couple of Tristrans and I like it. Tristram is pretty awful when I say it-it comes out as an utter mess.

Tristram is much better than Tristan. Tristan is a sad name.
Tristram Hunt.