Tristan

American  

[tris-tuhn, -tan, tris-tahn] / ˈtrɪs tən, -tæn, ˈtrɪs tɑn /

Also Tristam

noun

1. a male given name, form of Tristram.

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Tristan British  

/ ˈtrɪstən, ˈtrɪstrəm /

noun

1. (in medieval romance) the nephew of King Mark of Cornwall who fell in love with his uncle's bride, Iseult, after they mistakenly drank a love potion

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Example Sentences

Four tries in just over five minutes followed, first through Jackson Hastings and Tristan Sailor before Leyland's sensational double in the final couple of minutes.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

K. Tristan Tang, a Taipei-based nonresident fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research, said the lull likely reflected a revision of Chinese military training procedures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Instead of burning fuel, Munday and graduate student researcher Tristan Deppe explored whether the cold side could be linked to something far colder and much more distant: deep space.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

Wendell Carter Jr. had 15 points and 14 rebounds and Tristan da Silva scored 13 for the Magic, who improved to 5-2 since Feb. 5.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

The person most haunted by Berlioz’s symphonic setting of Romeo and Juliet, on the other hand, was Richard Wagner, who used it as a stylistic template for his opera Tristan und Isolde in 1865.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall