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Trevor (Trefor in the Welsh language) is a common given name or surname of Welsh origin. It is an habitational name, deriving from the Welsh tre(f), meaning "homestead", or "settlement" and fawr, meaning "large, big". The Cornish language equivalent is Trevorrow and is most associated with Ludgvan.

Trevor is also a reduced Anglicized form of the Gaelic Ó Treabhair (descendant of Treabhar), which may derive from the original Welsh name.

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  • Trevor, titular protagonist of the 1994 short film of the same name
  • Trev or Trevor, a series of minor characters created by New Zealand-Australian satirist John Clarke, part of his Fred Dagg persona
  • Trevor, a demon character in The Good Place TV series
  • Trevor, Neville Longbottom's pet toad in the Harry Potter series
  • Trevor, titular protagonist of Trevor: The Musical
  • Trevor the Traction Engine in The Railway Series children's books
  • Magical Trevor, a magician in Weebl's cartoons
  • Trevor Belmont, in the Castlevania game series
  • Trevor Joseph Brennan/Bauer, main character in the romantic suspense series Countermeasure
  • Trevor Evans, childhood of Mike Ross in U.S. TV series Suits
  • Trevor Fitzroy, a Marvel Comics supervillain
  • Trevor Goodchild, antagonist in the Æon Flux franchise
  • Trevor Hale, main character of the TV show Cupid
  • D.S. Trevor Hands in the British crime drama television series M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team
  • Trevor Jordache in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside
  • Trevor Langan, a recurring character and criminal defense attorney in the US TV series Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
  • Trevor Lefkowitz, one of the main characters in the CBS series Ghosts
  • Trevor McKinney, protagonist in the film Pay It Forward
  • Trevor Morgan in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
  • Trevor Ockmonick in the 1980's TV show ALF
  • Trevor Philips, a protagonist in Grand Theft Auto V
  • Trevor Reznik, main character of the movie The Machinist
  • Trevor Slattery, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
  • Trevor Spacey, one of the playable characters in Metal Slug 4
  • Trevor Spengler, a ghostbuster, one of the main characters on the film Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
  • Trevor's Treasure Tracker, strip cartoon about boy named Trevor in Whoopee! comics
  • Trevor Troublemeyer, one of the main characters in the Canadian animated series Sidekick

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