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reputation? If I keep answering questions like this, people are going to think I know something....
I don't think it's a Welsh given name - I've never met it in my research.
What it is is a Welsh place name being used as a given name (I assume it's your friend's first name?).
The nearest I can find is Trevalyn in Wrexham (north-east Wales).
The stress is on the first and third syllable TREV-a-LYN, which explains why the a might have dropped out. The meaning is tref 'village' y '(of) the' llyn 'lake/pool'.
Of course, there's always the possibility that your friend's grandparents just combined Trevor and Lynda/Linford/Olin/any name with lin in. It's a fine old American tradition (I'm also assuming you're in the States)...
Okeydoke?
I don't think it's a Welsh given name - I've never met it in my research.
What it is is a Welsh place name being used as a given name (I assume it's your friend's first name?).
The nearest I can find is Trevalyn in Wrexham (north-east Wales).
The stress is on the first and third syllable TREV-a-LYN, which explains why the a might have dropped out. The meaning is tref 'village' y '(of) the' llyn 'lake/pool'.
Of course, there's always the possibility that your friend's grandparents just combined Trevor and Lynda/Linford/Olin/any name with lin in. It's a fine old American tradition (I'm also assuming you're in the States)...
Okeydoke?
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