Trey - Meaning of Trey

What does Trey mean?

[ 1 syll. trey, tr-ey ] The baby boy name Trey is pronounced as TRey- †. Trey is used predominantly in the English language, and it is derived from Celtic and English origins. English origin: The first name is derived from the gaming word 'trey', which refers to a three in dice, cards, or dominoes; the word is itself of the Old French 'treie' and the Indoeuropean root word 'trejes'.

In addition, Trey is a variation of the name Tremain (English).

Trey has 15 variations. Variations include Trae, Trai, Traie, Tray, Traye, Trayson, Trayton, Trea, Trei, Trenor, Treye, Treyson, Treyton, and Tri. The variant spelling Tre is another English form.

The origin and thus the meaning of Trey is inherited by all variant forms.

See also the related forms, Trequan, Treshawn, and Trevon.

See also the related categories, english, word (element), indoeuropean, celtic, root, and french.

Trey is a fairly popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity rose from the 1960s up to the 1990s; before that, it was of sporadic use only. At the modest peak of its usage in 1999, 0.088% of baby boys were given the name Trey. It ranked at #189 then. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity. In 2018, its usage was 0.023% and its ranking #604, but it was nonetheless the most popular out of all boy names in its group.

Baby names that sound like Trey include Trae, Trai, Traigh, Tray, Traye, Treye, Tadar, Tahear, Taheare, Taheer, Tarhe, Tarhee, Teador, Teru, Théodore, Thor, Thore, Thure, Tier, and Tor.