Tristan or Tristram or Tristen is a given name of Welsh origin. It originates from Welsh "Drystan" influenced by the French word "triste". It became popularized through the character of Tristan, one of the Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend. The modern form is most likely influenced by the Latin root tristis (tant triste in the medieval French version of the myth) also has the same meaning in Welsh 'Trist' meaning "sad" or "sorrowful". Tristan has been consistently among the top 1000 names given to baby boys in the United States since 1971. There are various alternate forms of the name: Tristen, Triston, Tristin, Tristian, Trystan, and Trysten. People with the mononym Tristan Tristan l'Hermite, French political and military figure of the late Middle Ages Tristan de Clermont, Bartholomew "Tristan" de Clermont-Lodève (1380 – c. 1432), Count of Copertino, was a French-born knight who married Catherine del Balzo Orsini Tristan of Montepeloso (born 1020), the first lord of Montepeloso from 1042 Tristan (musician) (Tristan Cooke, born 1970), British psytrance and Goa trance DJ and producer Tristan D (born Tristan Dorian, 1988), British Trance DJ and EDM Tristán Tristán de Luna y Arellano (1510–1573), Spanish explorer and Conquistador People with the given name Tristan Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist Tristan Borges, Canadian soccer player Tristan Cheung, Hong Kong professional footballer Tristan Davies, British news executive Tristan Do, Thai footballer Tristan Evans, British drummer Tristan A. Farnon, American webcomic author Tristan Gale, American skeleton racer Tristan Garel-Jones, British former MP Tristan Gemmill, British actor Tristan Gommendy, French racing driver Tristan Hahót, Hungarian noble Tristan Harris, American ethicist Tristan Jarry, Canadian ice hockey player Tristan Lamasine, French tennis player Tristan Louis, French-American internet entrepreneur and writer Tristan MacManus, Irish dancer Tristan Murail, French composer Tristan Nunez, American racing driver Tristan Peersman, Belgian footballer Tristan Plummer, English footballer Tristan Prettyman, American singer-songwriter Tristan Risk, Canadian film actress Tristan Rogers, Australian-American actor Tristan Robbins, British cyclist Tristan Taormino, American feminist author/activist Tristan Thomas, Australian athlete Tristan Thompson, Canadian basketball player Tristan Tzara, Romanian–French poet and performance artist Tristan Vautier, French racing driver Tristan Vizcaino (born 1995), American football player Tristan Vukčević, Serbian basketball player Tristan Wilds, American actor Tristan Wirfs (born 1999), American football player François Tristan l'Hermite, who wrote as "Tristan" Tristán Tristán Bauer (born 1959), Argentine film maker and screenwriter Tristen Tristen Chernove (born 1975), Canadian Para cyclist and businessman