Trevelyan, or its variant Trevillian, is a Welsh and Cornish name derived from a place-name which originally meant "farmstead 'trev' or Tref (town in Welsh) of Elyan".
People with the surname Alf Trevillian (1877–1954), Australian Rules footballer for St. Kilda FC Anne-Marie Trevelyan (born 1969), British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwick upon Tweed Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, 2nd creation (1807–1886), British civil servant Sir Charles Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet, 2nd creation (1870–1958), British Member of Parliament Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1826–1880), English surgeon, zoologist, popular author and natural historian George Macaulay Trevelyan (1876–1962), British historian and university administrator Sir George Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet, 1st creation (1707–1768) Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, 2nd creation (1838–1928), British statesman and historian, as George Otto Trevelyan Sir George Trevelyan, 4th Baronet, 2nd creation (1906–1996), British new age spiritualist Humphrey Trevelyan, Baron Trevelyan (1905–1985), British diplomat and author John Trevelyan (disambiguation), several people Julian Trevelyan (1910–1988), English artist and poet Julian Trevelyan (pianist) (born 1998), British concert pianist Laura Trevelyan (born 1968), BBC journalist Mary Caroline Moorman (1905–1994) née Trevelyan, English historian Maverick Trevillian (born 2011), better known as the 6-7 kid R. C. Trevelyan (1872–1951), English poet and translator Raleigh Trevelyan (1923–2014), British author, editor and publisher Robert Trevelyan (cricketer) (born 1970), English first-class cricketer Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, 6th Baronet, 1st creation (1797–1879) Walter Trevelyan (1821–1894), English first-class cricketer and barrister
Characters Alec Trevelyan, a character in the James Bond movie GoldenEye Dr. Francis Trevelyan, a character in The Spy with a Cold Nose Dr. Trevelyan, a character in "The Adventure of the Resident Patient" by Arthur Conan Doyle Captain Trevelyan, a character in The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie Louis Trevelyan, a character in He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope Christian Trevelyan Grey, a character in Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James Kurt Trevelyan, a character in Halo: Ghosts of Onyx by Eric Nylund Trevelyan, a character who escaped the inundation of the sea when Lyonesse was engulfed Inquisitor Trevelyan, a potential player character in Dragon Age: Inquisition Colley Trevelyan, a character in "Sparrows in the Scullery" by Barbara Brooks Wallace Armand Trevelyan, a character in Isaac Asimov's novella "Profession" Maxim Trevelyan, character in The Mister by E. L. James
People with the forename Trevelyan Richards, coxswain of the RNLI lifeboat during the Penlee lifeboat disaster
Other uses Trevelyan baronets Trevelyan College, Durham, England Trevelyan, an 1833 novel by Caroline Lucy Scott Trevelyan's char (Salvelinus colii), a cold-water fish
See also Louise Trevillyan Trevelin