Tregiffian (EN) / Treguvyon (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Just
Hundred: 
Penwith
Notes: 
Settlement of the kind ones
Elements: 

-yon

Meaning: 
plural suffix

kuv

Meaning: 
kind

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
tre 'farmstead, settlement + kuv 'kind' + -yon plural suffix
Historic forms: 
Tregivyen 1327, Tregyffian Vrose 1589, 1732, Tregiffian vaire, veean 1589, Treguvyon, Trgufian 1611, Treguvyen, Tregewyan 1618, Tregiffian 1668, Tregevyon (undated)