Baby name
CLASSIC
🇧🇪 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 Travis
/TRAV · us/
Meaning
“To cross or crossroads”
Old French 'travers' meaning 'to cross' or 'crossroads', occupational surname converted to given name in 1970s Anglophone tradition.
Nicknames
trav · t
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Travis boomed 1970-2000 as a masculine surname-to-given-name conversion and remains top-30 in English-speaking countries.
The cultural moment.
United States saw Travis climb to top-50 1980-2010 and remain solidly there; Canada and UK adoption lower but still top-100.