Trevelyan (EN) / Trevelyan (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Veep
Hundred: 
West Wivelshire
Notes: 
Personal name: Melyan
Elements: 

Melyan

This refers to the name of a person: 
name

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
<tre> 'farmstead' + Melyan personal name
Historic forms: 
Trewillen 1086, Treuillein 1086, Trevelyan 1277, 1318, 1567, Trevelyn 1327, 1427, Trevelen 1318, Trevylen 1362, Trevelian 1446, Trevilian 1452, Trevillyan 1587, Trevillian 1619.