Trevillian (EN) / Trevelyan (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Warbstow
Hundred: 
Lesnewth
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: 
Trevilian 1317, 1551. Treveleyn 1488.