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From Peoples Magazine.... (and from Todd Palin's mouth.)

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Here's what Todd Palin said about the names, while interviewed, of all of their children:

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Where do your children's names come from?
TODD: Sarah's parents were coaches and the whole family was involved in track and I was an athlete in high school, so with our first-born, I was, like, 'Track!' Bristol is named after Bristol Bay. That's where I grew up, that's where we commercial fish. Willow is a community there in Alaska. And then Piper, you know, there's just not too many Pipers out there and it's a cool name. And Trig is a Norse name for "strength."

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Link: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20222685,00.html (Second page almost at the bottom.)

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I found this snippet, with Todd Palin, copy and pasted on a name community on LJ. So I hopped over on People Magazines website, just to get it verified. And as you can see, it was true.

I answered you on Opinions as well, but here what I said. :-)

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Trig is a Norse word meaning "true" and "brave victory." The name is in honor of his great uncle, a Bristol Bay fisherman (http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2008/04/alaskan-governo.html)

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Trygg is also a Scandinavian surname.

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TRYGG
Scandinavian: from the Old Norse byname Tryggr ‘trustworthy’, ‘faithful’.
English: variant of Trigg.
http://www.ancestry.com/facts/trygg-places-origin.ashx

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TRIGG
English: from the Old Norse byname Triggr meaning ‘trustworthy’, ‘faithful’, a cognate of Trow 1.
http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Trigg-places-origin.ashx